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Apostles of Equity Whose Birth The Nation Celebrates This Month 


CONTENTS 


LETjS CO-OPERATE 

BETTER FARMING 
BETTER BUSINESS, 

e.nd 

BETTER LIVING ON THE FAR! 




Terminal Elevator Project Under Way 
United Irish Woman Movement . . . 

The Fargo Convention . 

Proceedings Kentucky State Union 


Page 4 
Page 4 
Page 5 
Page 5 


WHEN FARMERS PROSPER Jft 
EVERYBODY 


LETS BE CO-OP 





Editorial .Page 4 

Be Your Own Veterinary .... Pago 2 

A. S. of E. Official.Page 6 

Challenge .Page 7 

Country Sisters’ Circle.Page 8 


Chips. 

Co-Operative Packing 

Plants. 

Proceedings National 
Convention. 




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PAGE 2 


CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 19-11. 




Be Your Own Veterinar 

-- 


and 


Be Wise On Other Things 


Get one of our Wiilsden 
Live Stock and Atlas 
Wall Charts. 

We Want to Give one of 
them Absolutely Free 
to Each of Our 
Subscribers. 

It has to be seen and studied 
to be fully appreciated. Its 
value and beauty cannot be told 
with words but if you will read 
the following brief description 
you can get a little idea of 
what it is. 


92 Sesamoid 

93 Pastern 

94 Coronary 

95 Coffin bone 

96 Scapula 

97 Shoulder Joint 

98 Elbow Joint 

99 Humerus 

100 Radius 

101 Ulna 

102-109 Carpal bones 



The Skeleton 

Nasal 
Lower jaw 
Occipital 
Parietal 
Frontal 
Temporal 
Upper molars 
Maxillary 

Suborbital foramen 

10 Premaxillary 

11 Upper jaw 

12 Eye socket 

13 Lachrymal 

14 Malar 

15 Lower canines 

16 Lower molars 

17 Lower incisors 

18- 24 Cervical vertebrae 

18 Atlas 

19 Axis 

19- 24 See 18 
25-42 Dorsal vertebrae 
43-48 Lumbar vertebrae 
49-53 Sacrum 
54-73 Caudal vertebrae 

74 Sternum 

75, 76, 77, 79 Pelvic bones 

75 Ilium 

76 See 75 

76 Pubis 

77 See 75 

77 Ischium 

78 Hip joint 

79 See 75 
79 Acetabulum 

"*80 Femur 

\81 Patella 
82 Tibia 
82a Fibula 
83-88 Tarsal bones 

89 Cannon 

90 Splint bones 

91 Splint bones 


Copyright, 1909, by S. Blake Wiilsden. 


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price. This Anatomical Chart is indeed a wonder and it must be seen to be appreciated. It includes five distinct charts of the horse printed in 
five different colors, first showing exterior parts; second the bones; third the veins or circulatory system; fourth the muscles, and fifth, the internal 
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the youngest school boy can refer to the chart and give you the name of any part of the anatomy of your farm animals. There are also five sim¬ 
ilar plates, for each of the COW, SHEEP, HOG and CHICKEN. All are carefully drawn and engraved in the correct coloring. This Wall Chart 
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On the backs of the pages are statistical tables, giving the number and value of live stock and crops by years and 
States, and hundreds of other little items of other information, 

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route or a star route, whether there is a bank or an express office there, and the population of each. 


EVERY FARMER HIS OWN 
VETERINARY 

Accompanying the plates illustrating the an¬ 
atomy of the amimals which contribute so large¬ 
ly to the subsistence and wealth of the civilized 
nations of the world, is an artitle on each ani¬ 
mal, written by some eminent authority, as for 
instance: “The Cow,” by Dr. 0. 0. Wolf, presi¬ 
dent of the Kansas Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion; “The Horse,” by J. W Thompson, editor 
“Spirit of the West;” “Swine,” by Hon. F. D. Co¬ 
burn, author of “Swine in America,” and secre¬ 
tary of the Kansas Board of Agriculture. These 
articles describe the symptoms of the diseases 
the animals are subject to, and give the most 
authentic methods for the prevention and cure 
of such maladies. Some of the maladies pre¬ 
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The information contained in this chart will 
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account of neglect or mal-treatment in cases of 
sickness or accident I he illustrations are so 
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be his own animal doctor and give speedy relief 
instead of waiting for the arrival of a profes¬ 
sional. As at least 90 percent of all domestic 
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owner of livestock to be well posted in veterin¬ 
ary science himself. That he can be by pos¬ 
sessing and studying Willsden’s Unrivalled Live 
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PAGE 3 



CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. 

With this issue the name of the 
Equity Farm Journal is changed to 
"Co-operators' Guide.” Every farmer 
in the country is more or less of a co- 
operator, and every farmer in the 
country, almost without exception, is 
continually being imposed upon by 
fakers who want his assistance in pro¬ 
moting what they call cooperative 
schemes. The fakers know that the 
tarmer is interested in co-operation, 
anu in sympathy with the co-operative 
spirit. While they know this, they 
are also aware of the fact that the 
farmer has not studied the subject 
very deeply. 

The average farmer has a very 
good conception of co-operation the¬ 
oretically, but knows comparatively 
little about it from a historical point 
of view. His knowledge of it in this 
respect is perhaps more or less local 
in its scope. It is his eagerness to 
know what is being done co-operative¬ 
ly elsewhere and by others that makes 
him the easy prey of the fakers. 

It is time, therefore, that there was 
some means provided to which the 
farmer may turn for information and 
guidance in his effort to be a co- 
operator. What could be more ap¬ 
propriate than that the National ro- 
gan of a national farmers’ organiza¬ 
tion that has weathered so many 
gales and brought to the front so 
many truths as to what real co-op¬ 
eration is, should be a guide for co- 
operators. 

Many of the labor organizations ot 
this country, as well as the employes 
of the federal government, particular¬ 
ly those of the Postoflice Department, 
are seriously studying co-operation, 
and in many instances have com¬ 
menced to apply it for their mutual 
welfare in a commercial way. “Co- 
operators’ Guide” on the news stands 
will attract the attention of these and 
perhaps be the means of getting pro¬ 
ducer and consumer closer together 
because of the name. 

With the cnange of name we beg 
to call our readers’ attention to the 
fact that it will not be the editor who 
will be the guide by means of his edi¬ 
torials. The value of this publication 
as a guide for co-operators will be 
the lessons learned from the whole 
contents of each issue. We hope that 
it will be a melting pot, as it were, of 
our thousand and one different co¬ 
operative ideas. It can be this if its 
readers will take up for discussion by 
correspondence the many questions 
that are continually bobbing up in 
their various localities as to what to 
do in this matter and that matter so- 
as to be sure to make a success of 
the enterprises they have undertaken 
to promote and establish on a true 
cooperative basis. 

If the Co operators’ Guide can be 
the means of getting co-operators to 
exchange views, ideas and experi¬ 
ences in its columns, so that those 
who read it will be a little wiser than 
those who don’t read it, when it comes 
io the question of a practical applica¬ 
tion of the principles of co-operation 
as a means of solving the many .per¬ 
plexing problems that are sure to 
arise in their respective communities, 


CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911. 

EDITOR. I A L 


then we shall feel that it will not be 
a Co-operators’ Guide in vain. 

Let the good work begin. What is 
the proper share denomination for 
co-operative companies—$10.00, $25.00 
$50.00, or $100.00 a share? And why? 
Write a letter for publication. 


A TRIFLE OLD. 

“God give us men; times like these 
demand strong minds, 

True hearts and willing hands, 

Men whom the lust for office does not 
kill, 

Men whom the spoils of office can 
not. buy; 

Men who possess opinions and a will, 
Men who are honest, men who will 
not lie 

Men who can stand before a dema¬ 
gogue 

And damn his treacherous flatteries 
without winking, 

Tall men, sun-crowned, who live 
above the fog in public duty 
And in private thinking.” ’ 

If John G. Holland had written the 
above poem in the present day he 
might have been tempted to add 
something that would include a 
prayer to save us from men who are 
weak enough, when placed in posi¬ 
tions of trust, to follow a snake in 
the grass whose noise can be heard 
but whose movements can not be 
seen, or who will leave a safe and 
well-beaten path to take chances on 
getting a ride on a rainbow by tieing 
themselves to a bag of gas. 

Farmers’ organizations have suf¬ 
fered more from weak-kneed and 
weak-minded officers who, upon the 
invitation of most any kind of a glib- 
tongued promoter, schemer or politi¬ 
cian, will take a fly after a rainbow 
without even seeing that provision is 
made for a parachute with which to 
come down a little easy when they 
get tired of flying with the fellow. 

Wonder why we don’t use the same 
conservative kind of sense when we 
undertake to manage what are the af¬ 
fairs of all of us together, as we use 
when each of us manages his own 
affairs by and for himself alone? 
Holland’s poem is a trifle old. 


A MISNOMER. 

The name of the new national po¬ 
litical organization just formed is 
surely a misnomer. Here are its pur¬ 
poses: * 

First, the election of United 
States Senators by direct vote 
of the people; second, direct 
primaries for the nomination 
of all elective officials; third, 
the direst election of delegates 
to National Conventions with 
opportunity for the voter to ex¬ 
press his choice for President 
and Vice President; fourth, 
amendment to State Constitu¬ 
tions providing for the initiative 
referendum and recall; fifth, 
a thorough-going corrupt prac¬ 
tices act. 

Really now, wouldn’t, for instance, 
“Popular Government League” be 
more consistent with such purposes 
as this than “National Progressive 
Republican League. The Republican 
party has no copyright on popular 
government. In so far as it has had 
a beginning within the boundaries of 
various states and smaller units of 
our government it is sometimes the 
result of the efforts of men who call 
the result of united action by the peo¬ 
ple regardless of party alignment. The 


membership of such men as the 
United States Senators from Okla¬ 
homa, Owen and Gore, would be a 
valuable asset for an organization 
having such objects as this one. 

It is well also in this connection 
to recognize that nearly all of the 
great organizations of skiiled labor¬ 
ers and farmers have had the prin¬ 
ciples of popular government made a 
part of the laws adopted for the gov¬ 
ernment of the affaiis of their own 
organizations and have already had 
a great deal of experience in that line. 
These organizations can not afford to 
hitch up with any political party 
scheme. 

It is doubtful indeed whether these 
five fundamental principles of pop¬ 
ular government will be successfully 
inaugurated on a national scale with¬ 
out the assistance of these men and 
organizations. Why then stick so 
closely to the old fogy partisan idea 
as to practically bar these from active 
participation? 

Partisan effort politically in this 
country has been reduced to a scram¬ 
ble for the spoils of office. A political 
party is no longer a number of men 
banded together for the protection or 
promotion of principles of govern¬ 
ment. In political partisan work now¬ 
adays, a wink from the boss, when it 
comes to a question of final results, 
is many times more powerful than the 
finest oration of the most sincere re¬ 
former. 

While the name of the new child 
is perhaps open to criticism, we can 
not help but bid it Godspeed because 
the men at its helm are unquestion¬ 
ably sincere. 


“FARMERS AND PROTECTIVE 
TARIFF.” 

It is barely possible that the pro¬ 
posed “reciprocoity” agreement with 
Canada will force an alignment of 
interests and people in this country 
on two sides of the question, “Is the 
farmer and farming the foundation of 
the whole country’s prosperity and 
general welfare?” 

The farmer has responded to calls 
for help to maintain the protective 
tariff policy of this country up to the 
present time. He has not done it 
because of any direct benefits that he 
might derive. He has done it by 
yielding to the argument that he 
should help protect infant industry, 
manufacturing in particular, and thus 
create a greater consumption of his 
products at home. It was explained 
to the farmer that the net profit to 
him would be greater if his products 
were consumed at home instead of 
being sent to foreign countries to be 
consumed. It was agreed that the 
transportation charges, as well as 
some handling charges, would be 
saved and added to his profits. The 
farmer agreed in good faith, but the 
other fellow has been a rascal all 
along the line and the farmer would 
be justified now in requiring the duty 
removed from a great many manufac¬ 
tured articles, but maintained at its 
present standard on all farm products. 

First we beheld the wholesale fraud 
in the collection of duty on sugar 



products, making it almost impos¬ 
sible for sugarcane and sugar-beet 
growers, in this country, to develop 
their industry in any manner. 

Then the evasion of the duty on 
grain in the form of the notorious 
drawback clause. This made it pos¬ 
sible for the grain manufacturing in¬ 
terests to import grain from foreign 
countries and thus be able to keep 
their business in operation at a profit, 
regardless of what happened to the 
grain grower at home. Hundreds of 
other little instances of similar char¬ 
acter that have taken place in the 
past need not be mentioned. 

The people of this country must 
line up, for or against, the farmer 
and his direct interests in the imme¬ 
diate future; that is, if the farmer 
will bestir himself in the least. It 
may be that the manufacturing and 
other commercial interests will recede 
from their position for the present, 
but look out for the dog in the man¬ 
ger if they do. 

We have recently had the effort to 
flood the markets of this country with 
cheap barley, by a temporary sus¬ 
pension of the duty on it, and thus 
destroy the market for home grown 
barley when it gets ready this fall. 
Then came the announcement about 
the Government having been defraud¬ 
ed of five million dollars ($5,000,000) 
annually by neglect to collect duty 
on tobacco from foreign countries. No 
wonder the American Tobacco Com¬ 
pany has been able to resist the 
American tobacco growers as per¬ 
sistently as it has. 

Now, to cap the climax, comes the 
proposed “reciprocity” agreement 
with Canada. Letting down the bars 
on food stuffs from Canada to the 
United States and on agricultural im¬ 
plements from the United States to 
Canada would flood American markets 
with Canadian farm products, and 
the manufacturers’ market for farm 
implements would stimulate a de¬ 
mand for them at home, and with it 
an increase in price for American 
farmers to pay. 

Farm products in free, agricultural 
implements out free, and prices on 
farm products down, and on farm im¬ 
plements up, may sound like merry 
music to some but if the American 
farmer will stop to listen to it a 
while it may prove to be a bugle call 
to battle. 

Fortunately for the American farm¬ 
er, there are now farmers’ organiza¬ 
tions strong enough to shake the 
country from end to end if it be nec¬ 
essary to prevent an injustice being 
done. This is an occasion when every 
farmer in the country who has not 
made himself a part of any organiza¬ 
tion should do so at once. We want 
nothing better to prove that if farm¬ 
ers shall not be a door-mat for other 
classes of people they must at all 
times set aside a part of their income 
for the maintenance of an organiza¬ 
tion. 

Farmers can not rise quickly and 
unitedly as they have done on several 
occasions these last years without be¬ 
ing organized. 

Let us hope that this impending 
danger will stimulate every mother’s 
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PAGE 4 


CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911 


TERMINAL ELEVATOR PROJECT UNDER WAY THE UNITED IRISHWOMAN MOVEMENT 

_ * ______________________ 

The A. S. of E. Accomplishes What Others Have Given Up Preparing Now for Christmas Bazaar 

By THEO. G. NELSON By ANITA E. LETT 


Less than a quarter of a century 
ago, the great prairies of the Da¬ 
kotas and Minnesota, and particularly 
the Red River Valley of the Nortn 
were being put under cultivation. It 
was soon learned that the fertile soil 
would produce more grain than the 
people who resided in ' that section 
of the country could use for them¬ 
selves. This meant that the grain- 
growers had to, somehow or other, 
get in communication with those sec¬ 
tions of the country where too little 
grain for home consumption was pro¬ 
duced. 

In those days, farmers had given 
little, if any, thought to the matter 
of organizing for the better market¬ 
ing of their own crops. The prin- 
cipa purpose of organization, as then 
urged and practiced, was to profit by 
a saving on what they purchased, 
rather than by a saving on what it 
cost to get their products on the mar¬ 
ket. Being unorganized, they were 
helpless to undertake anything feas¬ 
ible in the way of collective market¬ 
ing. They could not ship to distant 
points without doing so collectively 
because as a rule most of them were 
small farmers and each one could not 
afford to pay the expense of hunting 
a market, or of attending to the mar¬ 
keting of his own little crops. 

People with money and business 
experience saw this condition existing 
and promptly appeared upon the 
scene, ready to help the farmer in 
his troubles. The farmer then, as oft¬ 
en now, was anxious to grab at that 
which cost the least, and then, as 
now, that which cost the least in 
the first instance proved most ex¬ 
pensive in the last. 

The statement made by a few 
farmers this spring in favor of the 
suspension of duty on barley because 
it would help them to get cheaper 
seed, is a sample of the kind of rea¬ 
soning in which farmers sometimes 
indulge. It would be a wise and 
profitable proposition, wouldn’t it, to 
get seed cheap, and while getting it 
permit every home market to become 
flooded with barley so that when we 
had the crop ready that we had raised 
from the cheap seed, we could not 
even get what we paid for the seed 
for the crop we had raised from it. 
It would be wiser to pay $1.50 a 
bushel for the few bushels we need 
for seed, if by so doing we could be 
certain of getting a good price for 
our barley when we had raised a crop. 
Talk about penny wise and pound 
foolish! 

Middlemen Kind to Own Pockets. 

But back to our subject. It was only 
a short 'while until the farmers dis¬ 
covered that the helpful middlemen 
were helpful indeed, but most help¬ 
ful for their own pocket books, buy¬ 
ing wheat at local shipping points at 
a price that netted them from 3 to 
15 cents a bushel. By reading in the 
papers reports of sales at Minneap¬ 
olis and comparing the prices with 
the price at home, the farmers’ sus¬ 
picions were aroused. The difference 
was too large to look good to them. 
Investigation revealed the fact that 
the cost of freight and handling 
charges, as near as the farmer could 
find it (it was awful hard to find 
things out then) were sometimes only 
half as large as the difference be¬ 
tween what the buyer paid for wheat 
in the terminal market—Minneapolis, 
Duluth, etc. 

Soon these sturdy grain growers got 
a notion in their head that by organ¬ 
izing local shipping associations and 
either buying, building or leasing an 
elevator in the local market, they 
could garner for themselves the prof¬ 
its that had been flowing into the 
middleman’s pocket. While their rea¬ 
soning was correct, it was here that 
they bumped into trouble proper. The 
idea of farmers undertaking to ship 
their own products to the terminal 
markets! Why it was preposterous. 


The farmer’s business was to produce 
the stuff—the marketing of it belong¬ 
ed to specialists in that line, and as 
a result, the first shipments from 
farmers were given the d—1 all along 
the line, from the sampler to the ap¬ 
peal board, weighmaster and in¬ 
spectors included. 

After many struggles and failures 
the farmers have finally made a suc¬ 
cess of local handling of grain, in 
some instances it is perhaps due more 
to a stubborn loyalty on the part of 
the farmers to their own business, 
even at an apparent loss, than to the 
soundness of the economic principle 
upon which they are operating. In 
all instances where the Roachdale 
system of distributing profits on pat¬ 
ronage as well as on capital invested 
has been adopted, the companies have 
been successful, and there is no doubt 
but what they have now hit upon a 
sound economic principle which will 
mean the permanency of the. local 
handling of grain by farmers them¬ 
selves. 

Overcoming the local troubles, how¬ 
ever, does not solve the trouble in 
the terminal markets. It does not in¬ 
sure proper dockage, proper weights 
nor a return to the shipper of the 
profits resulting from judicious mix¬ 
ing of grain in the terminal markets 
where grain is prepared for re-ship- 
ment and particularly for export. 
Some ten years ago the North Dakota 
Bankers’ Association investigated 
conditions in the terminal markets. 
Their report disclosed that almost 
wholesale robbery was going on, and 
the ire of the people was thoroughly 
aroused. The organization of a term¬ 
inal elevator company of the farm¬ 
ers themselves was suggested and an 
effort made to put it on foot, but for 
some reason, which we will not en¬ 
deavor to present here, the movement 
never made much headway. A later 
recruit in this direction was the 
North Dakota Farmers & Grain Deal¬ 
ers’ Association. It, too, gave up the 
task. 

A. S. of E. Accomplished What Others 
Failed in. 

When the American Society of 
Equity was taken up by the farmers 
of the northwest, the matter of get¬ 
ting a terminal elevator and grain¬ 
handling movement by farmers them¬ 
selves on foot was put up to it. It 
I’ecognized the importance of the mat¬ 
ter, tackled the problem, worked 
at it bravely, until now the A. ' S. 
of E. can point with pride to the fact 
that under its banner has been ac¬ 
complished what seemed impossible 
in any other way. 

On May 30, 1908, the secretaries of 
Minnesota, North and South Dakota 
State Unions, A. S. of E., and the 
president of the Grain Growers’ De¬ 
partment of the Society, to-wit, R. H. 
Aldrich, C. U. Pierson, W .1. Lowthlan 
and Theo. G. Nelson, assembled in a 
little room at the St. James hotel in' 
Minneapolis, and there, with infor¬ 
mation and assistance given by some 
of the most active warhorses in the 
ill-fated Minnesota Farmers’ Ex¬ 
change, among whom was O. G. Ma¬ 
jor, M. S. Blair and others, well 
known among the farmers of the 
Northwest, wrestled with the perplex- 
in problem for two days. 

The men comprising this committee 
concluded that the real problem was 
not only a matter of raising sufficient 
money with which to handle grain 
and operate terminal elevators, but 
conditions had to be produced which 
would make it possible for farmers 
to patronize the institution when once 
launched. Indeed it was not only a 
matter of making it possible. There 
had to be an awakening in the 
rank and file of the farmers to the 
fact that the mere condemning of ex¬ 
isting conditions would not alter those 
conditions. It was necessary for the 
farmers themselves to get in earnest 
about wanting to ship their grain to 


United Irishwomen are as were 
united Irishmen in the old days—a 
revolutionary body, the objects aimed 
at being the same, i. e. the uplifting 
of their country; but the weapons 
used for the attainment of this object 
are of quite a different type. In the 
old days united Irishmen fought with 
pikes and blunderbusses, but the 
weapons to be used by Irishwomen 
are “self-help” and “love”; love in re¬ 
gard to each other and their country. 
The methods are not to be practical 
war, but practical Christianity. As 
you readers are no doubt aware, 
much has been done for rural Ire¬ 
land in recent times by the efforts of 
the men who founded the Agricul¬ 
tural Co-Operative movement, nota¬ 
bly Sir Horace Plunkett and the Rev. 
F. A. Finlay, S. J. But notwithstand¬ 
ing these efforts and the great im¬ 
provement effected thereby, much 
still remains to be done, and to the 
women of Ireland we must look for 
the development and completion of 
the great work initiated by the pio¬ 
neers of co-operation. 


Unfortunately most Irishmen in 
these later days are so absorbed in 
purely political matters, and the 
amassing of funds (through their kins¬ 
men in America and various other 
ways so that party feuds and general 
agitation may not cease to exist) that 
they have necessarily little time left 
to devote to the study of the econom¬ 
ic condition of the country. With the 
differences and bickerings which ex¬ 
isted in the past between landlords 
and tenants, and at the present time 
between the different sections of po¬ 
litical and religious bigots, nobody 
has thought of the uplifting or bright¬ 
ening of home life in rural Ireland, 
and hence the continual drain by em¬ 
igration, our country folks being anx¬ 
ious to get away from this lifeless life. 

Fired by the example of the Wo¬ 
men’s Granges in the United States, 
and the Women’s Guilds in some of 
the most flourishing European na¬ 
tions, a few women in Ireland, anx¬ 
ious for the betterment of their fel¬ 
low countrywoman, (and men) are 
making an effort now to carry out a 
similar idea in Ireland. Already a 
branch of United Irishwomen has 
been founded and is doing good and 
useful work. The objects are briefly 
to reconstruct the countryside to 
brighten rural life, to bring pressure 
to bear on local authorities to redress 
many existing evils in poor law sys¬ 
tems, and to co-operate over buying 
household goods and selling home 
produce. These objects will appeal 
to all true patriots at home and 
abroad and ultimately bring about the 
happiness and contentment of rural 
Ireland. 

A meeting of representative women 
from all parts of Ireland was held in 
Dublin on Sept. 30. Sir Horace Plun¬ 
kett addressed the meeting. He ad¬ 
mitted that the great mistake made 
by the pioneers of the Irish Agricul¬ 
tural Co-Operative movement was that 
women had not been brought more 
prominently into it. He was pleased 
to see this little sister of co-operation 
coming to the fore and he trusted 
she would walk hand in hand with 
her big brother and take her proper 
place in the social and economic re¬ 
generation of her country. It is 
hoped that as a result of the meeting, 
branches of United Irishwomen will 
be formed to set this movement on 


their own agency and to proceed to 
get matters in their' local companies 
so arranged that these could be de¬ 
pended upon as sources of supply or 
there could be no lasting change. 

Instead of incorporating a company 
and proceeding to sell shares of stock, 
this committee concluded that a sub¬ 
scription contract by which each 
agreed with all the rest who signed 
it to do certain things, had better 
be circulated. It was also provided 


foot throughout the whole country, 
and that they will meet with the 
success which has crowned the ef¬ 
forts of the County Wexford Women, 
who only established their Bree 
Branch last June. Since then the en¬ 
ergetic committee composed of wo¬ 
men of all sections of the community 
have brought their parish to the no¬ 
tice of all Ireland. They began with 
a village dance, the next item was a 
lecture on “Health,” then at a public 
meeting, discussed the Midwives’ bill 
which already working in a most sat¬ 
isfactory way in England, is badly 
needed in rural Ireland. A resolution 
was passed asking the M. P.’s to use 
their influence to have Ireland in¬ 
cluded in the legislation. The meet¬ 
ing also discussed the importation of 
second-hand clothes (which often car¬ 
ry with them infectious diseases), 
with the result that the local authori¬ 
ties took up the matter vigorously. 
Other matters concerning the well 
being of the poor were also under 
discussion. In August a Village Flow¬ 
er and Industrial Show was brought 
off with great success, and it is hoped 
that much good will result from the 
friendly rivalry it created. And now 
these energetic ladies are arranging 
for a woman from the Parish to go 
to Dublin to be trained as a mater¬ 
nity nurse with the idea of her return¬ 
ing to live and work in her native 
parish where her services are badly 
needed. The funds needed for the 
training are to be collected by “Uuit- 
• ed Irishwomen,” and at Christmas 
they propose holding a concert and 
bazaar with the object of raising 
money for the purpose. This is the 
sort of work Ireland requires. Too 
lopg have we been following the ex¬ 
ample of the Chinese in what I may 
call Forefather Worship, ever looking 
back to our great and glorious past 
and doing nothing practical to better 
the present and future conditions of 
our country. Truly the quotation of 
the highest of all authorities is pe¬ 
culiarly applicable to Ireland, “Let 
the dead bury their dead.” 

A lady of my acquaintance, who 
loves Ireland and her people, and who 
in spite of great opposition gives most 
of her life in bettering the condition 
of her poorer neighbors, when recent¬ 
ly starting a village library, asked a 
prominent personage in. the neighbor¬ 
hood if he could suggest the names 
of some good and useful books. The 
only book he could suggest which he 
thought suitable was “Thought of the 
Dear Departed.” This exactly de¬ 
scribes the state of mind of the great 
majority of our people. It rests with 
the women of Ireland to dispel this 
gloomy brooding over our past. They 
are, and will be to the end of time a 
most powerful influence for good or 
evil in the home life of any country 
and in Ireland perhaps more than in 
any other, it is necessary for them 
to awake to a sense of their respon¬ 
sibilities and duties, for the blunders 
and passions of men have left the 
countryside joyless and barren. To 
alter this state of affairs is surely a 
task that should gratify the highest 
ambition of every Irishwoman, wheth¬ 
er at home or abroad, and make our 
dear little island once more the “first 
flower of the earth, the first gem of 
the sea.” 

“Songs of sorrow long have told 
Our suffering country’s ills, 

But ’tis time that songs of joy 
Should ring through Irish Hills.” 


that the commission for getting share 
subscriptions should be so small as 
not be an inducement to professional 
promoters; only enough was provided 
for to cover the absolutely necessary 
expenses of printing and distributing 
the blanks, literature and other means 
of getting the proposition before the 
farmers, as well as the cost of in¬ 
corporating. 

It will be observed that it has now 
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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911. 


PAGE 5 


THE FARGO CON¬ 
VENTION 

The 1911 fcesfeidns Of the great Tli- 
state Grain and Stock Growers’ Con¬ 
vention which assembled at Fargo, N. 
b.j On January' It last, is nOw history. 

Ohe Of the chief features Of the 
iirOgram this year was a half day 
SesSiOn conducted by and udder the 
auspices of the American Society of 
Equity, 

J. M. Anderson, secretary of North 
Dakbta Unibh, A, S. Of E., was to de¬ 
liver the first address Oh the subject, 
“BfehentS Derived fly Means of the 
A. S. Of D. by (Jfaih Growers.*' To 
everybody’s SOrrOw ; however) he Was 
laid Out by Overwork ahd Asked to be 
excused. Mr. Tilted. i. fteisoil, pres¬ 
ident of the Grain Growers' De¬ 
partment, was asked to preside at the 
convention and to take Mr. Afidter- 
son’s place on the program. He an¬ 
swered the request by saying that it 
was hardly fair to ask a fellow to 
tackle a subject like that without any 
notice. 

On Thursday afternoon, January 
19, the society took charge of the big 
Tristate Convention and in a few 
words Mr. Nelson pointed out three 
distinct benefits derived through and 
by the American Society of Equity 
by the Grain Growers in the North¬ 
west. First, that to it, and it alone, 
was due “dollar wheat” in the spring 
of 1911, and because of its teachings 
which bad since been followed by the 
grain growers of the northwest the 
price of wheat in Minneapolis had 
seldom stayed below one dollar more 
than a day or so at a time. The sec¬ 
ond great benefit was the introduction 
of Rochdale Corporation as a funda¬ 
mental principle in the operation of 
farmer’s elevators. Since its adop¬ 
tion by the New Rochford, N. D. 
Equity Elevator Company it has 
proven to be a sure winner, and farm¬ 
ers’ elevators in all sections of the 
Northwest are rapidly adopting it. 
The third great benefit was the suc¬ 
cessful undertaking of the terminal 
elevator movement. It was pointed 
out that where all other efforts had 
failed, the A. S. of E. had succeeded, 
and when the speaker announced 
that that very morning the first goal, 
namely, the subscription of a fund 
of $50,000 had been reached the audi¬ 
ence broke loose in loud applause. 

Mr. T. B. McMannus, of Furgus 
Falls, Wis., ex-member of the Minne¬ 
sota Grain Board Appeals, was next 
introduced, and read a most valuable 
paper on the subject of “Inspection of 
Grain.” The essence of this we will 
publish in a later issue of the Guide. 

President J. H. Worst, of the North 
Dakota Agricultural College, deliver¬ 
ed his annual address during the aft¬ 
ernoon, and from an A. S. of E. stand¬ 
point could hardly have spoken bet¬ 
ter if he had been a national lecturer 
of the Society. 

Hon. M. F. Sharp, president of the 
National Union A. S. of E., was the 
principal speaker of the afternoon. 
He kept the audience spellbound for 
nearly an hour and a half. Some 
times the listeners applauded and 
some times they laughed, and then 
again one could read sober delib¬ 
eration in the countenances. It is 
not possible to give that masterful 
address justice by quoting extracts 
from it, but in the absence of the com¬ 
plete copy that is the best we can 
do. Mr. Sharpe spoke in part as fol¬ 
lows : 

“The object of this society is to 
solve the problems, that eome before 
the farmers. The mission is to teach 
co-operation among the farmers, and 
to obtain reasonable rates for the 
farmer and to build elevators, cold 
storage houses and warehouses on 
the farms and in the terminals. We 
want to teach the best methods of 
marketing the crops. You all know 
that when the farmer prospers all 
other manner of business •prospers. 
The trusts and those who deal in and 
make the markets have done much to 
improve the farmers, and in improv¬ 
ing them improved the common peo¬ 
ple. They use the farmer and their 
products to enable them to live in 
Juxury while the farmer ekes out a 


miserable existence on the farm. We 
have been made wards of and treated 
ag a piece of machinery. The trusts 
do not want you to get scientific 
knowledge, They don’t want you to 
know what the cost of living is. They 
do not want you to talk or have lib¬ 
erty. It does not suit them, because 
knowledge begets uneasiness and 
makes its possessor a man of inquiry. 
The trusts have the same idea that 
the old slave Owners had and that 
was to keep their slaves in ignorance 
so they wouldn’t know anything but 
to work. 

“One of the missions of the So¬ 
ciety is to lift the farmer out of that 
condition; to acquaint them with the 
needs of the farmer. This will place 
them on a level with the very best 
business of the country and then 
everybody will take their hats off to 
the farmers. 

“Thei-e is too much indifference 
a mong the farmers; there is* too 
much carelessness, which permits 
your business to go into the hands of 
parties who care nothing for you. 

“One of the objects of the society 
is to cut out a lot of the useless toll 
gates that exist between the farmer 
and his final market; to establish a 
system of prices that will insure the 
farmer getting what is his due. I 
am not going to spend my time in 
cursing the trusts and combines. 

“It is the lack of co-operation and 
selfishness that have prevented the 
farmers from getting what is due 
them. There is no law in the land 
which compels you to sell at any time 
or even at all. You know we are liv¬ 
ing in an age of organization, there¬ 
fore it is necessary for the farmers to 
organize. All branches of business 
have organizations except the farmer, 
and the time is coming when he, too, 
will organize. 

“These business men organize the 
trusts because it is to their interest 
to do so. the meat trust, the milk 
trust, the grain trust, all are making 
money out of the farmers’ product 
without any labor on their part. 

“It is up to the farmers to get busy 
and work out their own salvation,” 

Mr. Sharp then gave an interesting 
account of what the Society has been 
doing in his state in the tobacco 
crop, how it had benefited the farmers 
there and from that drew the conclu¬ 
sion that the same work could be 
done here. 

Another interesting number on the 
program was by Mr. R. McKenzie, 
editor of the Grain Growers’ Guide, 
and a director of the Grain Grow¬ 
ers’ Grain Company, Limited, of Win¬ 
nipeg, Canada. 

His story was one of fact and ac¬ 
complishment more than theory. He 
told how from an apparently small 
beginning a few years ago tne farm¬ 
ers of Western Canada were now, by 
means of organization, the balance of 
power in nearly all the Provinces. 
He pointed to the importance of farm¬ 
ers’ organizations having publica¬ 
tions (newspapers and periodicals) 
that they could depend on befor£ go¬ 
ing into any fight. His story of how 
the farmers in Canada have gradually 
gotten sufficient control of the bank¬ 
ing interests to make the financing 
of their own undertakings compara¬ 
tively easy, was a very interesting 
one. 

The limit of ownership of shares of 
stock in the Gi'ain Growers’ Grain 
Company was $200 to an individual, 
with only one vote to a man, regard¬ 
less of the number of shares. When 
Mr. McKenzie stated that they were 
considering the matter of permitting 
individuals to own as much as one 
thousand dollars’ ($1,000.00) worth 
each of the stock of the company, he 
was asked whether in connection with 
this proposed increase in individual 
ownership there was any inclination 
to increase the number of votes per 
man. To this question he answered 
a decisive “no.” 

The Grain Growers’ Grain Com¬ 
pany had, since the 30th of June, last 
summer, handled nearly 16,000,000 
bushels of the Canada grain crop. 

The Tri-State Convention was a 
m'eans of reaching many new ears 
with the gospel of Equity. 


Proceedings Kentucky 
State Meeting. 

_ The State convention of the A. S. of E. 
Kentucky State Union convened at the court 
house in Bowling Green on Jan. 11, 1911. 
In the absence of State President Cantrill, 
the meeting was called to order by Vice 
President C. M. Barnett and followed with 
invocation by Kev. Miller, of State Street 
Methodist Chrucb, and following this there 
was a short entertainment given by students 
of tlie Business University and the State 
Normal School. 

On motion of Senator McConnell a rising 
vote of thanks was tendered the students. 

Hon. A. C. Deianey, of Bowling Green, 
delivered the welcome address in a manner 
that made the delegates feel that they were 
truly welcome to the beautiful city of Bowl¬ 
ing Green. Mr. Cantrill had arrived by 
this time and responded in a very pleasing 
way, thanking the people and city for then- 
kind and warm welcome. 

A motion was made and adopted to have 
a committee on credentials, and the same 
was composed of the following-named dele¬ 
gates : S. L. Stevens of Ohio county, Ed. 
Dowell of Hancock county, and V. P. Ste¬ 
vens of McLean county. 

On motion the convention adjourned at 
12 m. till 1 :30 n. m. 

At 1 :30 p. m. the convention was called 
to order by Vice President Barnett, and 
the committee on credentials made report as 
follows: Adair county, Lattie Graves, Al¬ 
bert Harris ; Allen county, T. A. Gray, A. C. 
Harris; Bracken county, P. Lundragan, J. 
A. Thompson, H. E. Routt; Butler county, 
N. T. Hays, W. H. Fitchens, James Martin ; 
Barren count, J. M. Read; Daviess county, 
•T. W. Dunn, Frank Moseley; Hancock coun¬ 
ty, Ed. Dowell; Hart county, J. M. Roark; 
Muhlenburg county, J. F. Doss, E. L. Dav- 
einport, S. O. Sears; Hardin county, R. E. 
I. Ray, W. B. Vessels, G. C. Atcher; Ohio 
county, C. M. Barnett. H. Pirtle, E. M. 
Jackson, H. T. Porter, S. L. Stevens : Hen- 
dersn county, Thomas T. Barrett; McLean 
county, V. P. Stevens, T. W. Nuckols, B. C. 
Eaton ; Mason county, Frank Finn ; Webster 
county, Ben Watson : Warren county, A. J. 
Stahl, J. D. Elkins, Wm. Renick. J. A. Big- 
gerstaff, J. K. White, A. M. Petty, Wm. 
Garrison, J. D. Hays, Reno Dossey, .T. A. 
Stewart; Caldwell county, Hon. J. H. Mc¬ 
Connell. 

On motion the report was accepted and 
the committee was retained to complete its 
work as delegates might arrive later. 

By motion and second the following com¬ 
mittee was appointed on order of business 
and reported the following: “It shall be 
the rule of tihs convention to (1) hear 
State secretary’s annual report. (2) miscel¬ 
laneous business, (3) report of committees 
in regular order, (41 hours of meeting shall 
be 7 :30 p. m. and 8 a. m. 

A motion to appoint all committees at 
this time was carried, and the following 
were appointed: On order of business, J. E. 
Riggerstaff. W. LI. Kitchens and S. O. Sears ; 
on legislation, R. E. I. Ray, F. K. Moseley, 
James Mastin ; on resolutions, .T. H. McCon¬ 
nell. T. T. Barrett, James Thompson, E. W. 
Jackson and E. L. Davenport; on nomina¬ 
tions. W. B. Vessels, Wm. Renick, H. E. 
Routt, A. C. Harris and .T. W. Dunn. 

Motion made, seconded and carried that 
all committees work till time for supper 
and on convening for evening session re¬ 
port if ready. 

During the time that the committees were 
deliberating Mr. M. F. Sharp, national pres¬ 
ident. was called for and responded in a 
very interesting address, as did also Senator 
Froeman. of Carroll county. 

On motion the convention resolved into 
executive session and heard the annual re¬ 
port from State Secretary S. B. Robertson, 
which showed the collections and disburse¬ 
ments made for the year 1910 (see report 
filed!. On motion the report was adopted, 
having been previously adopted by the State 
executive board, as shown by the minutes 
of the session of the board on Jan. 10, 1910. 

On motion the convention dissolved ex¬ 
ecutive session and opened its doors to the 
public. 

On motion the following-named were ap¬ 
pointed to draft appropriate resolutions rel¬ 
ative to President Cantrill’s services and 
showing our appreciation of same: J. Big- 
gerstaff. C. M. Barnett and J. A. Thompson. 

Mr. Theo. G. Nelson, editor of the Equity 
Farm Journal, was present and made quite 
an interesting talk relative to the Jour¬ 
nal. and on motion and second it was or¬ 
dered that every member present constitute 
himself an agent for the Equity Farm 
Journal. 

Resolved,. That we ask the next Legisla¬ 
ture of Kentucky to enact a law compelling 
any puhlie warehouse or other selling agent 
that deals in products of the farm to cause 
to be published the lowest as well as the 
highest price paid for such products on any 
given day. Carried. 

The committee on resolutions reported 
ready and made report as follows: 

Resolved. That we consider the National 
Tobacco Growers’ Association, a department 
union of the American Saciety of Equity, 
n most important factor, well calculated to 
build up the membership of the A. S. of E. 
and maintain profitable prices on tobacco 
by reason of a closer federation and co¬ 
operation of the various types produced. 
Therefore vve recommend that each type 
district not already affiliated will at once 
take steps to attach themselves to said 
department at the earliest date possible for 
unity of action. Carried. 

Motion to adjourn, second and carried, 
and convention adjourned at 10 o’clock to 
meet at 8 a. m. Thursday. 

Just as adjournment was taken it was 
moved and carried to request the committee 
on nominations to report in the morning at 
8 o’clock. 

Jan. 12. 8:30 a. m.—Called to order by 
President Cantrill. 


Motion made that Mr. Cantrill be made 
spokesman for our body when we attend the 
Business University and State Normal 
School this morning. Carried. We at 
once proceeded to the University, where 
we were met with a hearty reception from 
the students and an address of welcome 
from the vice president of the school, fol¬ 
lowed by a response from President Cantrill 
in words well chosen and full of sound logic 
and good advice and wisdom for the student 
body, followed by music by the school. We 
proceeded at once from the University to 
the State Normal, accompanied by Prof. 
Craig, of that institution, were greeted 
warmly, welcomed by Prof. Craig and again 
Mr. Cantrill captivated his hearers with 
an able and very itneresting response, fol¬ 
lowed with sweet music by the school. An 
invitation was then given for us to visit the 
new Normal buildings, but owing to lack 
of time this visit was not made and we 
proceeded in a body back to the convention 
hall, and immediately after being called to 
order by the president it was moved that 
we allow Mr. Theo. G. Nelson time to take 
up the bond proposition, and he laid this 
matter before the convention, and the re¬ 
sult was that bonds were taken to the 
amount of $600. During htis time (while 
the bond matter was pending) it was moved 
and carried that we resolve into executive 
session, and it was so ordered, and at the 
close of the matter it was moved that we 
now have open meeting, and it was so or¬ 
dered. 

A motion was made that we, as a body, 
indorse the bond issue and recommend same 
to our members. Carried. 

Committee for drafting resolutions rela¬ 
tive to Mr. Cantrill ready and made report 
as follows: 

Wehreas, It is known to the body that 
our State president, the Hon. J. Campbell 
Cantrill, has most faithfully and intelli¬ 
gently served the organization, and that, 
too, without remuneration. 

Therefore, Resolved that we, the Amer¬ 
ican Society of Equity of Kentucky, assem¬ 
bled in annual convention, do hereby most 
profoundly express our heartfelt thanks to 
him for his most efficient services, know¬ 
ing that the success of our organization is 
due in a great measure to his able leader¬ 
ship. 

On motion and second the foregoing reso¬ 
lution was unanimously adopted. 

The commithtee on resolutions asked per¬ 
mission to make further report and reported 
the following: 

Resolved, That we reconimend that the 
wool growers all over the State get together 
and sell in one largo pool, instead of so 
many separate county pools, in order that 
we may he able to concentrate the wool 
and sell direct to manufacturers. 

Motion and second to adopt. Carried. 

Resolved, That we recommend to our 
members the importance of co-operation in 
marketing of all of our products, and that 
they do not confine themselves to tobacco, 
as relative advantages are being secured 
along other lines where co-operative selling 
has been adopted under the A. S. of E. 
plans. 

Moved to adopt. Carried. 

Resolved, That the Kentucky State Union 
of the Aemriean Society of Equity, in con¬ 
vention assembled, requests the next Gen¬ 
eral Assembly of legislators of Kentucky to 
have enacted into law a bill requiring the 
registration of all lobbyists for public rec¬ 
ord, giving name, residence, the name of 
party or parties or interest they repre¬ 
sent, the amount of fee they are to receive 
for services, whether contingent on condi¬ 
tions, outright or otherwise, it shall be so 
designated. 

Motion to adopt seconded and carried. 

Just at this time it was moved that we 
not adjourn till we finish up the work of 
the convention. Carried. 

Moved to have permanent committee on 
legislation and the legislative committee 
working during this session was continued 
as a permanent committee. 

1. P. M.-—Called to order by President 
Cantrill. 

It has always been the policy of the A. 
S. of E. to help all organizations of farmers 
that tend to better thep rices of farm prod¬ 
ucts, and whereas recently a new organiza¬ 
tion has been formed in the Burley district 
for the purpose of cutting out the 1911 
crop of tobacco, this convention would in 
no way seek to control its individual mem¬ 
bers on this important question, but leave 
it to each member to determine what is 
best for the prosperity of farmers and the 
peace of our State. Whatever is the policy 
of the Burley growers, whether a pool or a 
cut- out. in 1911, we arc firmly convinced 
that there isg reat need of reorganizing our 
old unions and the establishment of new 
unions until practically every precinct in 
Kentucky shall have a local union, where 
each farmer can be represented in person, 
and to this end we will, as soon as possible, 
undertake this work aggressively. We be¬ 
lieve that permanent relief can'only come 
by compact local organization and bv local 
control as taught by the A. S. of E., and 
in order to put into practical effect this 
idea we will recommend pooling contracts 
to the farmers of Kentucky of all products 
when and where our board deems it advis¬ 
able.. We, the delegates to this convention, 
point with pride to the past achievements 
of the A. S. of E.. and we appeal to the 
farmers of Kentucky to take membership 
with us and thereby give us their power 
and influence and co-operation. 

We indorse a parcels-post law and call 
upon our representatives in Congress to aid 
in its passage. 

Motion to adopt, and same was unani¬ 
mously adopted. 

Whereas Kentucky has long been noted 
for its hospitality, onlv the ends of civiliza¬ 
tion furnish the hounds for this reputation 

Whereas, we who are native Kentuckians! 
and though we had a full knowledge of the 
very highest brands of tills Kentucky hoa- 

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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911. 

American Society of Equity Official Page 


THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF 
EQUITY OF NORTH AMERICA 


Is a National Union of farmers and country 



Its first and principal object is: “TO 
OBTAIN PROFITABLE PRICES FOR ALL 
PRODUCTS OF THE FARM, GARDEN AND 
ORCHARD.” This is accomplished without 
a corresponding increase in price to the con¬ 
sumer by gradually reducing the number of 
middlemen. This means a reduction of the 
great difference between what the consumer 
pays and the producer gets for the same 
commodity. It also has other objects of 
great importance to agricultural interests, 
which will be worked out as the Society 
develops. Constitution and by-laws, with 
complete Information about the Society, 
will be sent on request. 



The Emblem 

of the Society as 
here shown is sym¬ 
bolical of PRICE, 
being on an equat- 
with PRODUC- 
N AND CON 
SUMPTION — It 
signifies that the 
American Society 
of Equity stands 
for a square deal 
to all. 


rHE FARMERS’ UNION LABEL. 



The union label Is a trade mark which 
all members in good standing In the So¬ 
ciety are allowed to use. The use of this 
label on barrels, bags, crates, etc., affords 
a means by which members recognize each 
other's products In the markets and favor 
each other when purchasing supplies, as 
well as In many other matters. 


OFFICERS NATIONAL UNION. 

President—M. F. Sharp, Narrows. Ky. 
Vice-President—Jas. Wood, Lockland, O. 
Secretary-Treasurer—S. u. Kump. Indian 
apolis, Ind. 

Editor—Theo. U. Nelson, Indianapolis, 
ind. 


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CHANGE OF ADDRESS—When ordering 
a change in address subscribers should 
give the old address as well as the new one. 


HOW TO REMIT—Always send money 
by Draft, I’ostoffice Money Order or Reg¬ 
istered mall. Make all remittances payable 
to the Co-Operators' Guide. 


NOTICE TO CANADIAN SUBSCRIBERS 
—Canadian stamps are valueless to us and 
cannot be accepted in payment of subscrip¬ 
tion or anything else. 


ADVERTISING—Owing to the fact that 
rorms begin going to press on the 20tb 
of the month preceding date of publication, 
we shall not be responsible for failure to 
omit, discontinue or change advertisements 
unless ordered to do so 12 or more days 
before the first day of each month. Adver¬ 
tising rates upon application. 


Entry as second-class matter applied for 
at Indianapolis, Ind., under the Act of Con¬ 
gress March 3, 1879. 


People’s Equity Exchange Publishing and 
Trading Union, publishers. 


Indiana Meeting. 

An Indiana State A. S. of E. meet¬ 
ing will be held at Boonville, Ind., on 
March 23. Every A. S. of E. member 
in Indiana and members from neigh¬ 
boring States are welcome. 

is 



THE MISSION OF OUR PUB¬ 
LICATIONS. 

Some people have many opinions. 
Some have only one and some have 
none as to what the purpose, in short, 
the mission, of our A. S. of E. pub¬ 
lications is or should be. Sometimes 
it is suggested that they all ought to 
be combined. Others say that they 
ought to be discontinued entirely. 
Some say the organization itself, nei¬ 
ther the National or any of its branch¬ 
es, ought to publish or own a publi¬ 
cation as its own. We will not here 
undertake to discuss all of the phases 
of this proposition. We merely beg 
to suggest, however, that whoever 
owns or publishes the papers that are 
devoting special space or special at¬ 
tention to the work of the A. S. of E. 
the field is large enough for them ail 
to be busy. The mor-e of them the 
merrier, the greater the number of 
people that will be reached with the 
gospel of Equity, and the more numer¬ 
ous the papers, the oftener will the 
gospel be preached. 

Knowledge, or the dissemination of 
it, has, in this country, in tne course 
of time as as the result of conditions, 
found expression in two forms—ora¬ 
tory and journalism. The orator is 
on the lecture platform, in the pulpit, 
on the street corner and in the coun¬ 
try grocery and before the court. 
Journalism is found in our daily and 
weekly newspapers, as well as in our 
monthly and semi-monthly periodicals. 
The average magazine covers an en¬ 
tirely different field than the daily or 
weekly newspaper. The dissemina¬ 
tion of news is a different work fi’om 
that of disseminating general knowl¬ 
edge. News can be more convenient¬ 
ly disseminated by using the tele¬ 
graph wires and printing the mes¬ 
sages in the centers of population. 
News can be distributed better this 
way than if it should be printed in the 
form of a newspaper in one place and 
from there sent by mail or express 
to the centers of population. 

If we should have been dependent 
upon the mails for the distribution 
of news, New York would not have 
known a thing about the destruction 
of San Francisco until at least a week 
afterwards, nor would we have known 
a thing about Dewey’s victory in 
Manila Bay until a newspaper print¬ 
ed somewhere in the Orient could 
have been shipped across the Pacific 
or until the message could have been 
carried here, then printed and the 
newspaper distributed. 

A national organization of farmers 
can no more be progressive than can 
a nation if it shall depend upon one 
national paper for the dissemination 
of news within its membership. 
News of a local nature must be dis¬ 
seminated locally by publications 
printed and distributed locally. If 
it is news of extraordinary import¬ 
ance it should be sent to National 
Headquarters and from there distrib¬ 
uted to the local publications. 

In addition to this there is that 
other work of deep research, and the 
disseminating of information thus 
gathered, which must be attended 
to and which is of interest to 
all members alike. It is this that 


is the mission of the national 
papers. A publication for the dis¬ 
semination of local news requires 
a different arrangement of its work, 
a different make-up of its staff 
than does the publication of a maga¬ 
zine or a monthly journal. There is 
work for all of the A. S. of E. papers, 
just so they get into their proper 
places and get themselves adjusted 
for their respective tasks. 


BOND ISSUE A SUCCESS 

It was said by many of the late 
war horses at the last national con¬ 
vention of the A. S. of E. that the 
bond issue suggested by Director 
Wood, of Ohio, was the best plan of 
finance ever hit upon by the American 
Society of Equity. In working it out 
this is proving to be true. 

By means of the bond issue it has 
been possible to pay up considerable 
sums of the old indebtedness, as well 
as to take advantage of a liberal prop¬ 
osition made by the receiver for the 
printers. It required a payment of 
$600 on that deal on Feb. 1 in order 
to make it hold. This was met, and 
by members continuing to purchase 
bonds the other two payments can 
easily be met on date required and 
the saving of over $1,600 for the so¬ 
ciety be affected. 

Another encouraging feature about 
the bond issue is that the local unions 
are taking it up without any special 
lecturer or solic tor being present to 
urge them to do so. It is when the 
rank and file of the membership 
throughout the local unions take hold 
of anything, for and by themselves, 
that you can depend on that thing 
being put through. Let the good work 
go on. 


Bonds Taken and the Takers. 

The following gives a list of the 
bonds subscribed for to date: 

No. Bonds. Am’t. 


Names published in former 

issues . 136 $3,400 

Caroline Emmerton, Wisconsin 1 25 

Granite L. U. 4300, Illinois... 1 25 

Galesville L. U. 753, Wisconsin 2 50 

Total.140 $3,500 


WOMAN’ AUXILIARY 

NATIONAL CONVENTION 

The National Woman’s Aux¬ 
iliary of the A. S. of E. will meet 
at Stanley, Wis., March 3-4. 
Meeting will convene the 3rd at 
2:30 o’clock. Each Auxiliary is 
entitled to one delegate for every 
10 members in good standing. 
Dues, one dollar a year. Of this 
40 cents goes to the National, 40 
cents to the State and 20 cents is 
retained in the local auxiliary. 

MRS. G. W. EMMERTON, 

Secreary-T reasurer. 

Colfax, Wis. 


OUR OFFICIAL ORGANS 

National Organs. 

“Co-operators’ Guide,” (name changed 
from Equity Farm Journal), In¬ 
dianapolis, Ind., monthly, 50 cents 
per year. 

“Fram,” Norwegian, published by the 
Fram Publishing Co., Fargo, N. 
D., weekly, to members of the 
A. S. of E., 50 cents per year. 

State Organs. 

“Wisconsin Equity News,” published 
by Wisconsin State Union, A. S. 
of E., Madison, Wis., semi-month¬ 
ly, 50 cents per year. 

“Equity Farm News,” published by 
A. V. Swanson, Fargo, N. D., semi¬ 
monthly, 50 cents per yea£. 

Also, Official Organ District Union 
No. 1, Grain Growers’ Depart¬ 
ment. 


The New By-Laws. 

A correct copy of the new by-laws 
of the National Union of the Ameri¬ 
can Society of Equity will be printed 
in pamphlet form by the time this is¬ 
sue of the Co-Operators’ Guide reach¬ 
es its readers. 


Ten Cents Gone Astray. 

In the Pattern Department we have 
received 10 cents with an order for 
pattern No. 8326, bust measure 36, 
skirt length 39 or 40. It came from 
Leon, Wis., on Jan. 31, but has no 
name or other adrress on it. Whose 


is it? 


! SUPPER TABLE TALK 

J* *** 

V You want the Corporators’ Guide to be a big, strong paper. X 

X The stronger it is the better it can protect and promote farmers’ X 

X interests. X 

X You want it to be so valuable and interesting and so entertaining that 
X it will be wanted in every farmer’s home, where there is any one who X 

j* studies, reads and thinks about the problems of farming. X 

X You show this desire by subscribing for the paper, by talking to your v 
X friends and neighbors about it and getting them to subscribe for it. ‘ X 
You show it by reading carefully both the Editorials, the General In- X 
formation and Advertising Columns in it, and by writing the editor a Y 
letter about things in your neighborhood. T 

You show this desire by patronizing those who advertise in it, in X 
preference to other papers. X 

You show it by demanding articles advertised in it from your local X 
dealers, and by asking manufacturers and others who do not advertise X 
their goods in it to do so. £ 

The last few issues of this paper have shown an increase in the amount X 
of advertising carried, as well as the improvement in the kind of adver- 
tising. This would not have taken place if the readers had not patron- X 
ized those who advertised in it. X 

Advertisers use space in the Corporator’s Guide only because they find * 4 * 
that it brings them results. That is, they find that our readers answer X 
their advertisements and buy enough of what is advertised so that we q- 
get a renewal of the order for their admertisement. 4* 

Increased advertising and subscription receipts enable us to increase X 
our approperation for the Editorial Department, to publish more reading X 
matter, more illustrations and photographs; in short, to make a bigger X 
and better paper. X 

So do not forget to patronize those who advertise in the Corporator’s X 
Gui(Ie. When writing to them say that you saw it in the Corporator’s X 
Guide. T 

Let’s build up a powerful farmer’s organ. ❖ 












































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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911. 


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~M*^*I**M**! < *M~3~H- 


A CHALLENGE 


meeting January 28, 
H. Emmerton Secre- 


Cook Valley Local Union No. 1419 had a special 
and elected Brother John Yokesh President and W. 
tary and Treasurer for 1911, collected eleven dues and transacted other 
business, and voted a challenge to any other Local Union, viz.: 

“Cook Valley Local Union No. 1419 has taken nineteen bonds and the 
Ladies’ Auxiliary to this union has taken out one, making a total of 
twenty bonds for this place. Now, say, isn’t that going some for a small 
union of only eleven paid-up membersf The members are so proud of 
the fact that they challenge any union to duplicate it and send in word 
to that effect to Equity Farm Journal and Wisconsin Equity News.” 

W. H. EMMERTON, Secretary. 


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SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DUES 

It seems that many of our readers 
do not yet clearly understand what 
is meant by the Postoffice Department 
ruling with reference to payment of 
dues and subscriptions to official or¬ 
gans of the Society. We will en¬ 
deavor to state it here in a nutshell. 

If the amount of dues within the 
respective states included a year’s 
subscription to one or more of the 
societies’ official organs, you are 
now entitled to a reduction in the 
dues of fifty cents for each subscrip¬ 
tion thus paid, providing you pay 
this subscription direct to the pub¬ 
lication. Illustration: The dues with 
subscription in North Dakota were 
$5.00. This included a year’s sub¬ 
scription to the Equity Farm Journal, 
name changed to Co-operators’ Guide, 
and a year’s subscription to the 
Equity Farm News. After the Post 
Office Department made this ruling 
it must be made clear that the dues 
in North Dakota are $4.00 and that 
the members pay the subscription 
price for as many of the official or¬ 
gans, in addition to this, as they may 
see fit to subscribe for. Thus, if a 
member in North Dakota wants to be 


in good standing he must pay $4.00 
dues. Local and county unions have 
authority to raise or lower local and 
county dues. 

If a member in that State desires 
to subscribe for the Equity Farm 
Journal, Equity Farm News and Wis¬ 
consin Equity News, and perhaps 
Fram, the national official organs, he 
will pay fifty cents for each of as 
many of these as he subscribes for. 
He may send this subscription direct 
to the publication or pay it to the 
secretary at the time he pays his dues, 
but the secretary must have instruc¬ 
tions that it is for subscriptions and 
for what papers the subscriptions 
are. 

The rule of the postoffice depart¬ 
ment applies in the same way in all 
other states, only the amount of dues 
is different in the various states. 


Our grand business is not to see 
what lie.s dimly at a distance, but to 
do what lies clearly at hand.—Car¬ 
lyle. 

Knowledge is the hill which few may 
hope to climb, 

Duty is the path that all may tread. 

—Lewis Morrison. 



ONCE upon a time it may have been 

necessary to pay a high price for a good name on a farm 
implement, but those days are past. Our purchase of the 
great David Bradley plant put the price question on a 
business basis. 




^ Business, to us, is not a matter of taking all we can get 
and giving as little as possible—it’s our idea to give all we 
can , because we know by experience in dealing with farmers 
that the more we give in value y the more we get in volume. 



HERE’S AN EXAMPLE: 
David Bradley 
X - Rays No." 

Sulky Plow 


'29= 

Complete 


Even if other manu¬ 
facturers knew how 


to make as good a 
plow, they couldn’t 
do it, because the fea¬ 
tures which make the 
David Bradley 
X-Rays No. 2 the 
best of all sulky 
plows are patented, 
and these patents 
owned exclusively by 
us. No one can equal 
the X-Rays No. 2. 


Frame Is heavy %-lnch steel; can't spring In 
hardest ground. 

Strong high wheels; 9-lnch bearing Bradley 
patent dustproof magazine hubs. One oiling 
does for 40 acres. 

High Foot Lift. The slightest tread of any boy 
old enough to drivo raises plow point 7 Inches 
from ground with team at a standstill. 

Short Hitch. Team coupled up close; no side 
draft. Turns square corners either way, plow 
In or out of ground. 

Tito best plow for stony ground. Bottom can b? 
left to float and dodge; need not be locked in 


ground; suction of share holds it there. For 
side hill work it can’t be beat, because furrow 
wheels can be adjusted from the seat with team 
in motion. 

Bradley Patent Spring Clevis lightens all jars; 
makes it easier for plow, man and team. 
Tour horses’ shoulders never sore. 

Bottoms. The celebrated David Bradley Gar¬ 
den City Clipper the best by seventy-nine 
years' test. Any size or shape you need. 

These are but a few of the many advantages of 
the X-Rays No. 2 over all others. 


c. Refer to our big General Catalog for pictures, complete 
descriptions and prices of David Bradley Plows, Harrows, 
Planters, Cultivators, etc., the farm tools backed by eighty 
years of knowing how; or send today for our Book of David 
Bradley Farm Implements. 

We can always supply promptly any repair part for any Bradley 
implement, no matter when or where bought. 

-SEARS.ROEBUCKM- 


FREE TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS 


All We Ask Is Cost Of Handling And Postage 

We have always boasted that our subscribers are the cream of the farmers 
in their neighborhood. We believe it is true and we want it to continue to be 
true. We want to do all we can to help our subscribers to always be well in¬ 
formed and the best of farmers. 

Good Farmers Are Good Busi» 

ness Men 

Good Farmers Keep Accounts 

and Records 

Farmers can’t tell when they get a profitable price for their products unless 
they keep an account of their expenses and their ineome. 



In order to make it as easy as possible!for our subscribers to keep their ac¬ 
counts we have decided to give each of them that will ask for It a copy of this 
pocket size FARMER’S RECORD BOOK entirely free. 


We Only Ask You To Send Us 

10c In Silver Or Stamps 

(lc Stamps Preferred.) 

To pay cost of mailing, handling, etc., and one of these Farmer's Record Books 
will come back to you by return mail as long as our supply lasts. 

The actual size of the book is larger than this picture of it. It is 6)^x4 
inches Bound in good imitation morocco, contains 40 pages of good ledger 
paper with departments for Live Stock, Grain, Fruits, Butter and Cream, 
Poultry and Eggs, Groceries and blank pages for Tobacco. Machinery, Household 
Fixtures, Farm Implements, Interest, Taxes, Insurance Hired Help, etc., etc. 

This little book is WORTH OVER A DOLLAR to the smallest farmer in 
less than a year: 

USE THIS BLANK. 


Date 


1911 


Co-Operators’ Guide, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Enclosed find 10 cents, for which please send me without any charges or 
conditions whatever a copy of your Farmer’s Record Book. 


Name 


Address 


R. D.- 


State 































































PAGE 8 


CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911. 


DRESSMAKING 


Our patterns arc ordered direct from New 
York where they are made to order for our 
readers. They arc all of the latest styles. 
It requires from ten. to twelve days for us 
to yet a pattern to your home, counting from 
the date you mail your order. In ordering 
he sure to give the name, number and size of 
pattern desired. In ordering for children 
give age in years. Address Pattern Depart¬ 
ment, Equity Farm Journal, Indianapolis, 
Indiana. 



8800. A COMFORTABLE DRESSING 
SACQUE OR HOUSE SACQUE — Ladies’ 
dressing sacque with two styles of sleeve. 
Every woman needs a dressing sacque. The 
model here shown is entirely comfortable 
and practical, and at the same time trim 
and dainty. The neck edge may be finished 
with the fiat collar, or may be trimmed 
with a frill or niching. Either style of 
sleeve may be developed in full or shorter 
length. Cotton crepe, wash fabrics, flannel 
or cashmere are appropriate for this model. 
The pattern is cut in six sizes—32, 34, 36, 
38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure. It re¬ 
quires 214 yards of 36-inch material for the 
36-inch size. A pattern of this illustration 
mailed to any address on receipt of 10c in 
silver or stamps. 



8852. A GOOD APRON MODEL—Ladies’ 
apron with panel front. Tills design has 
two special good points— i. e., the deep, con¬ 
venient pockets and the panel front, which 
is cut high over the bust; and this affords 
good protection. , The apron is easy to make 
and will give satisfaction with its ample 
skirt and natty appearance. Gingham, lawn 
or cambric may be used for its development. 
It requires 6% yards of 27-inch amterial 
for the medium size. The patterns is cut 
in three sizes—small, medium and large. 
A pattern of this illustration mailed to any 
address on receipt of 10c in silver or stamps. 



—As illustrated, this model may be devel¬ 
oped with or without the bretelle trimming, 
and if made for warm weather the tucker 
may be omitted. The design shows a panel 
effect over the waist in back that is repeat¬ 
ed on the front and extends below the belt 
to form part of the skirt. The tucker may 
be of lace or other contrasting material, to¬ 
gether with the bretelles, or the entire dress 
may be made of one material and trimmed 
with braid or banding. The pattern is cut 
in five sizes—6, 8, 10. 12 and 14 years. It 
requires 3% yards of 36-inch material for 
the dress and 1% yard of 27-inch material 
for the tucker for the 8-year size. A pat¬ 
tern of this illustration mailed to any ad¬ 
dress on receipt of 10c in silver or stamps. 



506. A DAINTY CLEMATIS DESIGN— 
Shirt-waist sets are always popular and 
the model here illustrated is effective when 
worked in a shadow embroidery. 

It comes stamped on line (2*4 yds.)..$1.75 


On good quality lawn. 1.00 

Perforated pattern costs.25 

Transfer pattern posts. 10 



1557. DINING-ROOM TABLE SET—Con 
sisting of six doilies in beautiful floral de¬ 
sign, suitable for outline or French embroid¬ 
ery. 

Stamped on imported Irish linen, price 
35 cents. 

Perforated pattern of the six, price 25 
cents. 

Silk in any shade, 5 cents per large-size 
skein. 

Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 


A SECRET FOR WOMEN 

catalog of Rubber and 
Tiolet Necessities. Send 2c stamp. Fairbank 
Supply House, A. T. 60 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 


I ArUF5~O m ‘ new “Rubber Protector” is 
LiHUiLid fj,e best; safe, secure. Mailed, $1. 
Particulars 2c postage. LEIPSIC MEDI¬ 
CINE CO., E. Avondale Ave., Toledo, O. 


COUNTRY SISTERS CIRCLE 

By MRS. G. W. EMMERTON 


NATIONAL OFFICERS OF W. A. 
President and General Manager—Mrs. E. B. 

Blanchard, Menomonie, Wis. 

Vice President—Mrs. W. J. Mathews, Col¬ 
fax, Wis. 

Secretary and Treasurer—Mrs. G. W. Em- 
mertou, Colfax, Wis. 

DIKECTOllS. 

Mr. E. B. Blanchard, Menomonie, Wis. 

Mr. W. J. Mathews, Colfax, Wis. 

Mrs. Ole Samuelson, Stanley, Wis. 

Mrs. Theresa Maier, Stanley, Wis. 


The W. A. 

What is this W. A. we hear so much 
about? It is an auxiliary to the A. 
S. of E. Who are members of tTiis 
auxiliary? Farmers’ wives and daugh¬ 
ters. What is the purpose of this or¬ 
ganization? It is for the educational,, 
social and business up-lift of country 
life, to work hand in hand and co¬ 
operate with our fathers, husbands 
and brothers of the A. S. of E. This 
is a beautiful land that God has placed 
here for us to inhabit. We are the 
lordly owners of this beauty and not 
the machines of toil. 

Some one has said: “Farmers and 
their wives believe so thoroughly in 
the gospel of work that they even 
work their butter, and like all else, 
it is better for being worked.” 

Co-operation has changed all this. 
The farmer’s wife no longer works 
the butter, but the butter profits have 
doubled. We expect to continue to 
work in moderation; but that is not 
all. We are thinking now; we are 
seeing farther and deeper each day. 

The W. A. is-the first organization 
ever organized for the up-lift of the 
farmer’s wife. We are here, and here 
to stay. So come with us. Are you 
to be counted in the 1911 convention. 
If so, hustle. Like the birds of spring, 
it is coming. 

What have you to offer for this con¬ 
vention? A noted French seeress has 
been reading the hand of Destiny of 
the United States. She says America 
is now going through a great evolu¬ 
tion. She sees these changes, but 
the cause is beyond her. Step by step 
these signs of fate will be unfolded. 

The unknown cause of the evolution 
is the A. S. of E. and the W. A. 


Members at Large. 

How many of you who read this pa¬ 
per are members of this grand move¬ 
ment. Have you a W. A. in your 
Vv'inidst? If not, become a member at 
large. The dues are $1 per year. Then, 
after you have become a member, try 
your best to interest your friends and 
neighbors in the grand cause of Equi¬ 
ty and start a local W. A. in your 
midst. 

Let me see how many members at 
large we can have by convention time. 
(See A. S. of E. official page.) Come, 
this is your opportunity. May your 
name go down in the history of the 
W. A.? What does this movement 
mean? The emancipation of the 
wealth producers of our nation. How 
often you hear the remark, “Build up 
your home town!” Yes, that is all 
good. But it is an old story. Let us 
build up our own homes by demand¬ 
ing what is justly ours. What we ask 
is compensation for our labor. Many 
an office boy receives $100 a month 
for some easy work. Does your boy 
receive the same for doing chores? 
Come, what is your salary; also that 
of your husband and family? 

Come, sisters, let us assist our hus¬ 
bands in uniting ourselves into one 
grand army. What is the future of 
our children if we sleep? Oh, that 
future is enough to make every father 
anr mother resolve to be an active 
unit of the future. A unit which unit¬ 
ed with other units means power and 
respect. 

The world is hearing us now. We 
have just commenced to whisper. 
Come, sisters, come. 


Let us have faith that the right 
makes might, and in that faith let us 
to the end dare to do our duty as we 
understand it.—Abraham Lincoln. 


W. A. Convention, 

Time is drawing near for our na¬ 
tional W. A. convention — the first 
week in March (see A. S. of E. official 
page). 

Has any of our sisters any special 
subject relative to W. A. work, country 
up-lift or co-operation that she would 
like to discuss at this meeting? I wish 
every W. A. local would select one or 
more of their members to prepare a 
paper for this convention. Please at¬ 
tend to tihs subject at your next meet¬ 
ing and send me subject and name of 
writer during the next three weeks. 
Sisters, please remember this is “our” 
convention. It doesn’t belong to me 
or you as individuals, but it belongs 
to “us,” and it is up to “us” all to¬ 
gether to make it a success. 


Has your W. A. or A. S. of E. taken 
a bond yet If not, why not? Get 
up a dinner, supper, basket party, 
dance, entertainment or whatever is 
most fitted; then take a $25 bond. 
It is our National A. S. of E. and na¬ 
tional paper that needs our loan just 
now. Ladies, put the men to shame. 
Get your bond out first. I’m sure there 
are many sections where there isn’t 
a W. A. or A. S. of E. But as farmers 
you are interested in this move. Come, 
then, give your assistance as individ¬ 
uals or societies. 

The members of Colfax A. S. of E. 
took twelve bonds. Colfax Woman’s 
Auxiliary took one bond. Cook Valley 
W. A. No. 50 took a bond. What band 
of ladies or W. A. will be the next? 
Come, sisters and brothers, come. 
Duty, plain duty, is here! 


Called for Wisconsin. 

“A call for the first Wisconsin 
Country Life Conference to be held 
at Madison under the auspices of the 
college of agriculture of the Univer¬ 
sity of Wisconsin, February 14-15, has 
just been issued by Dean H. L. Rus¬ 
sell. The purpose of the conference 
is to bring together those who are 
interested in the social aspects of 
country life and to describe .what has 
been accomplished through various 
agencies in this state. 

“The two-days’ program will include 
general discussions of the social and 
economic problems of country life 
in the state, and each afternoon will 
be devoted to a round table confer¬ 
ence on particular topics. On Tues¬ 
day, February 14, the functions of the 
church, the business man, and the 
farmers’ organizations will be the sub¬ 
jects for discussion. Representatives 
of these various lines of activity in 
the country will describe what has 
actually been accomplished. 

“ ‘The country School, the Press 
and the Library’ will be the subject 
ot the round table February 15. This 
conference will be distinguished by 
the character of the addresses, which 
will consist primarily of the experi¬ 
ences of those in intimate contact 
with Wisconsin country life rather 
than discussions by those brought 
from other states. It is believed that 
many of the problems in rural life are 
being solved by the existing Wiscon¬ 
sin institutions and that a conference 
in which these experiences may be 
exchanged will result in much good. 

“The conference is held during the 
period of the ten-day farmers’ course 
at the college of agriculture, and 
those in attendance will have an op¬ 
portunity to get in close touch with 
th economic phases of agriculture 
as presented in this course. The de¬ 
tailed program, which will shortly be 
announced, will include the names 
of several Wisconsin farmers, teach¬ 
ers, ministers, business men, editors 
and librarians, who have been par¬ 
ticularly identified with the best in 
country life.” 

The above is a clipping from the 
Wisconsin Farmer. If you would have 
others take an interest in you, you 
must first take an interest in your¬ 
self. Since the farmer and his wife 






































































































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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911. 


have commenced in a systematic way 
to co-operate and become a united 
body, the world has become inter¬ 
ested in our uplift. Every paper you 
pick up now has something for our 
benefit. This is some of the topics 1 
have noticed: "Making Rural Schools 
Practical,” “Get Together,” “Country 
Life Hall,” “Bring Farmers Closer 
Together in a Community of Inter¬ 
est,” “My Idea of a Country Club,” 
“Those Who Have at Heart the Ad¬ 
vancement of the Agricultural Class¬ 
es,” etc. These are but a very few of 
(he good things we read for our bene¬ 
fit. How glad we are to know we 
have the right-hand support of our 
business neighbors. 

I have a question to ask you—“Who 
■are the greatest financiers of the past 
:and present?” You answer me, Sage, 
Harriman, Morgan, Hill, etc. No. 
The greatest financier of the present 
and past ages is the farmer and his 
wife who have sheltered and fed their 
family from the profits of a farm. If 
you don’t believe me, try it. 

Give the farmer profitable prices 
for the products produced by his toil. 
Then you will see strides of progress. 
Then these sturdy financiers will 
show you success. How often do you 
see this subject discussed in our 
daily papers? 

The farmers of the future will have 
something to say in a united body 
that the world will listen to. 


White-Goods Sale. 

Have you noticed the grand sales 
the merchants of the large cities are 
having now? This is one of the good 
things that the country ladies and 
those of the small towns miss. 

How can we devise a plan to get in 
closer touch with these sales? Our 
daily papers are full of these grand 
opportunities. But the papers reach 
us the day of the sale, and as we 
must depend on mail orders, we are 
out. Some of these houses are send¬ 
ing out pamphlets of these sales, to 
continue for the months of January 
and February. It seems to me this 
is our only opportunity. Hope more 
of these merchant kings will devise 
ways of reaching us in the future. 
Seems to me it would be a fine plan 
if our local W. A. secretaries would 
get in touch with some of these firms 
and make club orders among the W. 
A. members. Wish these merchants 
who have these grand sales would de¬ 
vise a plan to reach us. 


Self-sacrifice is well enough, but 
don’t give yourself to be melted over 
for the tallow trade.—George Eliot. 


Music of the Dairy Pail. 

“Some one has said that the music that 
appeals most strongly to the dairyman is 
that of the milk pail as the lacteal wealth 
of the cow goes streaming into it, and there 
is a mercenary reason for it, as the follow¬ 
ing record will show: 

“Mrs. J. W. Fisher, of Blanchard town¬ 
ship, has three dairy cows and an Amer- 
iean Wonder Cream Separator. The cream 
produced bv these three cows is shipped to 
New Bremen, O. Here is the record for the 
month of May, 1910 : 317 pounds of cream 

were shipped, yielding 116.97 pounds of 
butter fat and 15 pounds of butter were 
churned for the use of the family. 

“During the month of June 210.8 pounds 
of cream were shipped, which yielded 100 
pounds of butter fat, besides 12 pounds of 
butter churned for home consumption, and 
these are not Jersey cows, either, one only 
having an infusion of Jersey blood. Can 
anyone doubt the profitableness of dairy¬ 
ing?” 

The American Wonder Separator above 
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This machine being made and sold by the 
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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911. 


CHIPS 

Chopped By the Chip Chopper. 

Don't Grumble—Spit It Out. 

If you should happen to see any¬ 
thing in the paper with which you are 
not in full accord, don’t go grumbling 
in the barnyard or kick your cows 
because of it. Put it down on a piece 
of paper and send it to the home 
office so that the kick will land where 
it belongs. 


A DIALOGUE. 

Recited at National Headquarters. 

President Sharp—Farmers should 
work less with their hands and more 
with their heads. 

Secretary Kump—The woodpecker 
does that and he is the worst bore 
in the whole feathered family. 

Editor Nelson—I admit that but 
don’t forget that the woodpecker gets 
on the- inside of things. 


Kentucky’s New President. 

It would seem as though the Ken¬ 
tucky State Union has acquired a val¬ 
uable asset in its new president. If 
Senator Froeman, of Carrol county, 
becomes as active in the A. S. of E. 
as he has been in the other positions 
that he has held from time to time 
it is safe to predict for the society in 
that State great growth and pros¬ 
perity. 

Mr. Froeman has, for a number of 
years, been president of the State 
Farmers’ Institute, a member of the 
Board of Agriculture and of the board 
of directors of the State Fair Asso¬ 
ciation of Kentucky. 


Tobacco Customs Fraud. 

The latest development of the clean¬ 
ing out of government grafters from 
the New York custom house by Col¬ 
lector of the Port William Loeb, Jr., 
is said to show that the tobacco trade, 
like that of the sugar manufacturers, 
has been getting the best of the gov¬ 
ernment for many years. The re¬ 
moval of a dozen employes is expect¬ 
ed, including one of the highest offi¬ 
cials in the customs department, who 
may also face an indictment charging 
criminal conspiracy. It is asserted 
that the passing through of tobacco 
from Cuba has cost the United States 
$5,000,000 annually, chiefly in Cuban 
wrapper stock. Trade statistics show 
that makers of pure Havana cigars 
must have 6 per cent of their stock 
in wrappers, whereas the treasury 
department figures show a fraction 
under 1 per cent of the Cuban im¬ 
portations paying duty as wrapper to¬ 
bacco. 


Editor Equity Farm Journal: 

Inclosed please find 50 cents in 
stamps to renew my subscription to 
the Equity Farm Journal (name 
changed to Co-operators’ Guide). I 
am sorry that you had to go back to 
the monthly issue again. The No¬ 
vember and December numbers I nev¬ 
er got. Please inclose them in a wrap¬ 
per, for I often think there is a little 
nigger work going on in the postoffice 
here at times, and they all know I am 
strong on the Equity principles. 1 am 
glad to see the stand the Equity 
members are taking in regard to get¬ 
ting all the farmers’ organizations 
into one. I think it is the poper thing 
to do. The only way we can succeed 
is by all pulling together. 

If united we stand, succeed we 
must, but divided we will fail. I have 
cut out the petition formula and am 
getting all the signitures I can to 
send to our representative at Wash¬ 
ington to try and induce them to keep 
the duty on barley. I only wish we 
had a good local up here. Our local 
busted up at the time when the ruc¬ 
tion was with Everitt, and I have 
never been able to get them together 
again. But I think if we had a good, 
hustling organizer come in here, a 
man who could wake them up a little, 
they would fall into line again. Hop¬ 
ing you may succeed in getting the 
terminal elevators started this year 
at Duluth and Superior, I will cer¬ 
tainly endeavor to do my best to get 
all the farmers I can to ship. 

Yours for Equity, 

M. N., Loma, N. D. 


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Editor Equity Farm Journal: 

Dear Sir—Yours of Jan. 5 to hand. 
Sorry to say it came too late to give 
me this much-needed change in our 
Equity business transactions. I have 
already paid in advance for one year 
in the old way. 

I don’t want to miss a single issue 
of the E. F. J. It is unlike any other 
farmers’ paper, from the fact it is 
the combined school master of both 
producer and consumer. It dissemi¬ 
nates frugality to all alike. If the 
local secretary fails to send to you, or 
you fail to receive the money from 
the State secretary, I will pay all the 
postal expenses to get matters 
straightened out. I don’t want our 
editorial department to be at any un¬ 
necessary expense. Please send the 
paper right on. Yours for Equity, 

J. D. S., 
Scottsville, Ky. 


Editor Equity Farm Journal: 

Dear Sir—We are doing business in 
my Union. We bought a carload ol 
flour and feed with the saving of about 
$70. At present have an order in for 
a car of corn, which we think will be 
O. K. 

We have a large number of farmers 
who are not members and cannot get •' 
them to our meetings, so would ask 
you to please send them a sample 
copy of our paper. Probably they 
would read it. Yours 

W. J. H., 
Merillan, Wis. 

There are hundreds of local unions 
that are engaged in successful busi¬ 
ness. Why not have the secretary 
send in a little letter like this about 
it. Others might want to do just what 
von are doing if they only knew what 
you are doing and how you do it.-- 
Editor. 


Patronize those who advertise and 
say you saw it in the Co-operators’ 
Guide. 


FARMERS AND THE PROTECTIVE 
TARIFF. 

(Continued from Page 3.) 
son who has been a member of a 
farmers’ organization and dropped out 
by non-payment of dues, to pay up at 
once as well as to induce others, who 
have not yet joined, to do so at once. 

Let us make our machine as power¬ 
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as short a time as possible, so that 
we may be ready to successfully com¬ 
bat any onslaughts that may be made 
on our business as farmers at any 
time. Let us be ready to underscore 
justice if we can not undiscore it. If 
we are to continue as a protective 
tariff country let the tariff apply alike 
everywhere. 


What Eggs and Poultry Will Do. 

The success attained by Mr. R. F. Neu- 
bert, of Mankato. Minn., through his poultry 
farm is bpt one of the many instances that 
may be cited to show the profit to be made 
through poultry raising. Mr. Neubert start¬ 
ed in the poultry business a number of 
years ago a poor man. with a capital of 
hut $150, borrowed money from a sister, and 
to-day is cue of the most successful and 
best-known of the professional poultry men. 
having gained a world-wide reputation and 
incidentally many dollars. lie is truly called 
the “poultry king” of the Northwest. His 
large poultry farms are devoted exclusively 
to the production of nearly a half a hun¬ 
dred breeds of extra-fine chickens, ducks, 
geese and turkeys, all of which are fully 
described in his annual poultry hook. This 
book, by the way. while advertising the dif¬ 
ferent breeds of fowls raised by Mr. Neu- 
bert, is one of great value to the poultry 
raiser on account of the immense amount 
of practical information it contains, it is 
free and may he had simply by writing Mr 
Neubert, Box 788, Mankato. Minn., inclos 
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Houston, Tex. 




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1001 Practical Facts and Fig¬ 
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The Hows of Business. 

NOTES, How to write, collect and trans¬ 
fer. 

“ Safe principles to practice. 

“ Different forms. 

“ How indorsed. 

RECEIPTS. How to write. 

ORDERS, How to write. 

DUE BILLS. 

CHECKS, How to write and present. 

“ Plow to indorse. 

DRAFTS, Hints and helps on writing. 
BILL OF EXCHANGE. 

BANKS, How to do business with. 
PAPERS, How to transfer. 

DEBT, How to demand payment. 
MONEY, How to send by mail. 
DIFFICULTIES, How to settle by arbi¬ 
tration. 

POWER OF ATTORNEY. 

DEBTS, How to collect. 

Points of Law and Legal Forms. 

AFFIDAVITS. 

AGREEMENT for hiring a clerk. 

“ “ cultivating lands. 

“ “ builtding a house. 

Proposal to erect public buildings. 
AGREEEMENTrsCHECKS, ,N iie xxz 
CONTRACTS, How to write. 

“ Law governing. 

“ Not lawful. 

“ Vital part. 

“ Forms. 

Sale of Property, Law Governing. 

Bill of Sale. 

LANDLORD and TENANT. 

LEASES, 

“ Forms. 

DEEDS, How to write. 

“ Law governing. 

“ Warranty. 

MORTGAGES, Law governing. 

“ Forms. 

“ Assignment. 

“ Release. . ’ 

“ Foreclosure. 

“ Chattel. 

BAIL. BONDS. 

LICENSE. COPYRIGHTS. 

MECHANIC’S LIEN. 

W r ILLS, Laws and forms. 
GUARANTIES. 

The Busy Man’s Digest of Laws. 

Presumptions of Law. 

Criminal Law. Signatures. 

Law on Lost Notes. 

Law on Forged Paper. 

Legal Gifts. Law on Trading. 

Exemption Laws. Homestead Laws. 
Outlawed Debts. Foreign Postage. 


Newspaper Subscriptions. 

Laws of the Public Road. 

Fence Laws. 

Responsibility in Runaways. 
Responsibility in Owning a Dog. 
Parliamentary Rules. 

Legal Holidays. 

Practical Information for Busy Men. 

Trusts. Corporations. 

Counterfeit Money. Swindling Schemes 
Gambling and Betting 
Swindling Note 
Various Swindling Exposed. 

Liability of Railroad and Express Com¬ 
panies. 

Rights of Married Women. 

Parents. 

Civil Service Law. Mines and Miners. 

Locating and Notice of Location. 
The Busy Man’s Digest of Facts. 

Occupations of People. 

Population of the World. 

Cost of Smoking. Painting, Rules, etc. 
Distances and Railroad Fares from Chi¬ 
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Population of Cities of United States. 

Computations at Sight. 

Short Methods of Arithmetic. 

Tables of Weights and Measures. 
Miscellaneous Tables. 

Hints and Helps Concerning Interest. 
Short Methods of Calculating Interest. 
Interest Tables. 

Compound Interest Tables. 

Carpets, to Find Number of Yards to 
Cover a Floor. 

Paper, Amount Required to paper a 
Room. 

Watering Troughs, to Find Contents. 
Tanks, Cisterns and Barrels, to Find 
Contents. 

Bricks, Number in a wall or building. 
Coal and Charcoal, to Find Weight. 
Wood, to Find Cost. 

Carpenters’ Rules. 

Shingle’s, Flooring, Lath, to Find Amount. 
Tee Chest, How to Make. 

Heights, Curves and Rafters, Measure¬ 
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Logs, Measurements of. 

Lumber, Measurement and Tables for 
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Tile, Carrying Capacity. 

Plowing, Distance Traveled. 

Grain, Corn, etc., Measurement of and 
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Wages, Tables, Monthly and Weekly. 
Ready Reckoner. 

Hog and Cattle Table. 

Business Abbreviations. 


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TERMINAL ELEVATION. 

(Continued from Page 4.) 

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goal which was set in that subscrip¬ 
tion contract, namely, that business 
should not be commenced until a 
sufficient number of farmers had sub¬ 
scribed for enough shares of stock, 
preferably one share each, to create 
a fund of $50,000. Often those who 
signed it first have become impatient 
waiting for enough others to sign to 
make it possible to start, but I be¬ 
lieve that every share subscriber is 
glad now that we have waited until 
we were good and ready, and that 
perhaps it was wisest that we did 
not yield to our desires to make haste. 

New Laws Needed. 

On the 19th of January last, sub¬ 
scribers for stock in the American 
Society of Equity terminal elevator 
project met at Fargo, N. D., and elect¬ 
ed incorporators, adopted a set of ar¬ 
ticles of incorporation and informally 
discussed an incomplete report of 
by-laws. The articles of incorporation 
and outline of by-laws was prepared 
by a committee selected by share sub¬ 
scribers who met at Fargo on July 2b, 
1910. In order to make it possible to 
adopt the co-operative principle of 
one man one vote,, regardless of the 
number of shares held, it was found 
necessary to have some State law 
amended. North Dakota having the 
most desirable laws in other respects, 
this state was selected as the State 
in which to have the proper amend¬ 
ments made to existing statutes. The 
Legislative Committee of the North 
Dakota State Union, of which J. M. 
Anderson, secretary of the State Un¬ 
ion, is chairman, is now at work with 
the legislature in session at Bismarck, 
North Dakota, on this matter, and the 
latest reports are tuat it is making 
good progress. 

The incorporators who were elected 
to serve until a charter had been ob¬ 
tained were instructed to call a meet¬ 
ing of stock subscribers again as soon 
as a charter was obtained. The pur¬ 
pose of this meeting is to adopt by¬ 
laws and attend to other matters 
which must be attended to before 
business can be commenced. Among 
these I take it the question of col¬ 
lecting the money subscribed is one 
of the most important. The incor¬ 
porators elected are J. M. Anderson, 
Bert Cole, A. V. Swanson, F. H. 
Squires, J. D. Meyers, J. C. Bergh, 
O. H. Olson, A. W. Dittmer, R. E. 
Parks. 

In connection with the stockholders’ 
meeting to be Jield, at which by-laws 
are to be acted upon, there are sev¬ 
eral questions of vital importance to 
the organization. This is a co-opera¬ 
tive company and not an old-fashioned 
joint stock corporation, therefore great 
care must be taken that there be not 
adopted as by-laws a conglommeration 
of part co-operation and part old-fash¬ 
ioned joint stock corporation. To do 
this means ultimate failure of the in¬ 
stitution. To adopt truly co-opartive 
principles in the form of by-laws can¬ 
not help but mean success. 

By-Laws and Directors Important. 

Among the questions worthy of se¬ 
rious consideration are the matter of 
voting by proxy, the distribution of 
profits, the manner of election of offi¬ 
cers, the manner of application of ini¬ 
tiative, referendum and recall to the 
affairs of the company. The custom 
of voting by proxy has been the means 
of killing more than one apparently 
successful co-operative institution. In 
this company, however, we cannot get 
away from the fact that because of its 
stockholders being scattered over 
three States or more, the matter of in¬ 
ternal government and election of of¬ 
ficers presents a different problem 
than it does in a local company, where 
(Continued on page 13.) 


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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911. 


Co-Operative Packing 
Plants 

There are few, if any, fields of en¬ 
deavor in which farmers may, by co¬ 
operation, profit more from its appli¬ 
cation to their efforts than in the meat- 
pasking industry. They own and pro¬ 
duce the meat, in the first instance. 
This involves more expense and labor 
than does the distribution of it in man¬ 
ufactured form, but the manufacturing 
of it, or preparing for the market, also 
involves a great deal of labor and 
expense. 

Up to this time, in this country, that 
part of what really should be the 
farmers’ business has been the busi¬ 
ness of people interested in it solely 
because of the profits that they may 
garner for their own private purses. 

In many instances the people en¬ 
gaged in the meat-packing industry 
have developed such an appetite for 
profit that they have resorted'to means 
of operation which have made them 
almost wholesale murderers and 
thieves, robbing the government and 
killing people. 

We need only call the readers’ at¬ 
tention to the scandals unearthed dur¬ 
ing the Spanish-American war and doz- 




England, 

If this industry was put upon a co¬ 
operative basis, and the co-operative 
basis so broad as to let all parties 
concerned—consumer and producer— 
be a part of it, the incentive for pri¬ 
vate gain would never be such as to 
induce the production or putting upon 
the market of food products that would 
be detrimental to their own or their 
families’ health. 

Put upon a co-operative basiB, the 
packing industry would soon be owned 
and controlled by the people and the 
profits resulting from the operation of 
it would be distributed among the 
people. 

We sometimes speak of our country 
as the land of progress and prosperity. 
When we do we tell the truth in gen¬ 
eral, but when we compare what the 
farmer gets for producing the meat 
and what the working people in the 
cities get for working it up into the 
finished product, with what the con¬ 
sumer pays for it, we must admit that 
from the people’s point of view there 
is room for much improvement in our 
meat-packing and distributing indus¬ 
try. 

These co-operative meat-packing 
plants owned by the Co-operative 
Wholesale Society of England are 
monuments of intelligence and thrift 
that becomes modern civilization. 

Let us contrast for a moment what 
the English co-operators are doing 
with what we Americans are doing. 
From morning till night the American 
people are busy cussing combinations 
and trusts; in fact, cussing the very 


ens of other instances. 

Thousands and thousands of sick 
people in our large cities who should 
be recuperating with good meat and 
fresh eggs as their food are being fed 


Trafford Meat-Packing Plant, Manchester, 


Bacon Factory, Herning, Denmark. 

products that often destroy more than 

build. 

air they breathe, so that one would 
sometimes be justified in thinking that 
the average American wished that he 
weren’t here (never was born). 


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Animals, when finding themselves 
in captivity, will deliver themselves 
of considerable noise just after discov¬ 
ering their plight. The noise, how¬ 
ever, will soon give way to a diligent 
effort to find a way out. We might 
do well to profit by their example, all 
of our boasted civilization, intelligence 
and business capacity notwithstand¬ 
ing. 

A few wage-earners in England have, 
by perseverence, built up a tremen¬ 
dous co-operative movement, of which 
the co-operative meat-packing indus¬ 
try is only a small part. Their total 
annual business runs well near $600,- 
000,000. 

The wage-earners in England, as in 
our country, are largely consumers of 
meat products. They have found it 
profitable to not only prepare the meat 
for market, but have actually now 
undertaken the production of meat, 
particularly hogs, on a co-operative 
basis in connection with their co-oper¬ 
ative creameries. With such wonder¬ 
ful examples to follow, why should 
not the American farmer do as well? 
He suffers little, comparatively, from 
the want of funds, lack of legislative 
power and the hundreds of other han¬ 
dicaps that were hindrances to th« 
wage-earners of England. 



Bacon Factory, Tralee, Ireland. 























CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911 


PAGE 13 



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TERMINAL ELEVATION. 

(Continued from page 11.) 
everybody is close enough at hand to 
attend at least one meeting a year. 
People living several hundreds of 
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perhaps than the original investment 
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part in the management of the affairs 
of the company. Whether other means 
of giving the members a more direct 
vote, on the affairs of this company 
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hope that it may help not only those 
who are interested directly in the 
grain-growing business in the North¬ 
west, but all members of the American 
Society of Equity as well, to under¬ 
stand as clearly as possible what the 
situation is, as well as how this project 
came to where it is, and, most of all, 
to impress upon us all the danger of 
being hasty in making movements in 
which greater numbers of people and 
their interests are involved. Also, 
that when the stockholders meet at 
the call of the incorporators there may 
come to the surface the best possible 
judgment as to what is required to in¬ 
sure the success of the enterprise in 
the way of by-laws, policy of opera¬ 
tion, election of permanent officers, 
etc. 

The articles of incorporation provide 
for a board of nine directors, elected 
three for one, three for two and three 
for three years, these to choose the 
president, vice president, secretary, 
treasurer and other officers. In that 
little question, “Whom shall we elect 
for permanent directors ?” lies per¬ 
haps the future scuccess or failure of 
the organization. The constant prayer 
in all walks of life to-day is “Give us 
competent people.” To always get 
the right man in the right place is no 
small job. Perhaps the incorporators 
would make the best directors that it 
would be possible to get, and perhaps 
they would not. 

PROCEEDINGS OF KENTUCKY 
MEETING. 

(Continued from Page 5.) 

pitality, have in the past two days been 
overwhelmed by the hospitality of the la¬ 
dies of Warren county, gathered as the mem¬ 
bers of the American Society of Equity, the 
teachers and citizens at large of this beau¬ 
tiful city, therefore be it 

Resolved. That we the delegates to the 
Kentucky State Union of the A. S. of E., 
in convention assembled, do hereby extend 
to the members in Warren county and the 
citigzens of Bowling Green our heartfelt 
thanks for their kind treatment and assure 
them that the few days spent in their beau¬ 
tiful city shall ever remain in our minds 
a memory dear to our hearts, and when¬ 
ever we may go it shall be our pleasure and 
privilege lo sing the praises of their city. 

Unanimously adopted. 

On motion, adjournment for dinner. 

1 P. M.—Called to order by President 
Oautrill. Committee on constitution and 
byllaws ready and reported as follows: 


We, your committee on constitution and 
by-laws, beg leave to report the following, 
viz. : To cut out Section 0 and Article 0 
and substitute therefor : “All initiation fees 
shall be #2, 50 per cent, to go to the or¬ 
ganizer securing the said member and 50 
per cent, to the county union for organiza¬ 
tion work in such eouuty. Annual dues for 
each member shall he $1, r, with official 
paper, $1.50, viz. : To National Union, 30 
cents ; to State union, 30 cents ; to county 
union, 25 cents; to local union, 15 cents.’* 

Moved to adopt. Carried. 

Committee on nominations ready and re¬ 
ported the following, viz.: 

For President—H. M. Froeman, of Carroll 
county. 

For Vice President—T. T. Barret, of Hen¬ 
derson county. 

For Secretary—S. B. Robertson, of Mc¬ 
Lean county. 

For State Organizer—O. P. Itoemer, of 
Warren county. 

Assistant Organizers—C. C. Allen, of Hen¬ 
ry county ; Lattie Graves, of Allen county. 

For Directors of Slate Union—Ben Wat¬ 
son, of Webster county ; C. M. Barnett, of 
Ohio county; A. 11. Brooks, of Bracken 
county; R. E. 1. Ray, of llardiu county; J. 
F. Doss, of Muhlenourg county. 

Delegates to National Convention—Win. 
Renick, of Warren county ; O. 11. Harris, 
of Allen county ; li. E. Routt, of Bracken 
county ; Ben Watson, of Webster county ; 
David Shipley, of Hardin county; S. L. 
Stevens, of Ohio county; S. B. Robertson, 
of McLean county; J. F. Doss, of Muhlen- 
burg county ; C. C. Allen, of Henry county ; 
J. W. Dunn, of Daviess county. 

Motion to elect president, vice president 
and secretary-treasurer on separate ballot. 
Carried, and proceeded to election of presi¬ 
dent. 

Moved that II. M. Froeman he elected 
president. Unanimously adopted. 

Mr. Froeman was called for and he came 
forward with the following response : 

Mr. President and Members of the Con¬ 
vention—I thauk you for the honor that you 
have conferred upon me in electing me pres¬ 
ident of your State organization, coming 
to me, as it has, unsolicited, a comparative 
stranger to many of you. It is an honor 
of which 1 am proud. As you have been 
here deliberating for two days, and as you 
are anxious to get away on the trains, 1 
will not detain you by any lengthy ad¬ 
dress. I will only say that the best ability 
that I possess to carry out your wishes and 
uphold the principles of the American So¬ 
ciety of Equity will he exercised, and I ask 
and expect to receive your hearty support 
and co-operation. There is an opportunity 
before the A. S. of E., and if you will push 
your advantages victory will be yours. In 
conclusion I want to take the opportunity 
of saying that there is no man in the White 
Burley district who has done more for the 
organization and success of the Burley To¬ 
bacco Society, no man who has been more 
faitfhul and loyal to the tobacco growers 
and farmers, than my predecessor, your 
retiring president, the Hon. J. Campbell 
Can trill. I thank you. (Hearty applause.) 


THE TARIFF AND OUR PRICES. 

United States Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, has prepared a table on 
the prices paid for wheat and barley on the North Dakota and Canadian sides 
of the boundary line. We are publishing it here because of its value in connec-' 
tion with a study of our tariff relations with Canada and particularly the pro¬ 
posed reciprocity agreement now before Congress: 


Date. 


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Jan. 10, 1911.| Wheat 

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Dec. 31, 1910.| Wheat 

Dec. 31, 1910.| Wheat 

Dec. 31. 1910.| Wheat 

Jan. 10, 1911.| Wheat 

Jan. 10, 1911.| Wehat 

Jan. 10, 1911.(Wheat 

Jan. 10, 1911.| Wheat 

Jan. 1*0, 1911.(Wheat 

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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911. 


Moved that T. T. Barret be declared vice 
president, whereupon Mr. Barret arose and 
placed in nomination Mr. M. O. Hughes, 
of Warren county, and proceeded to an elec¬ 
tion, which resulted in the election of Mr. 
Barrett. Mr. Barrett came forward and in a 
few well-chosen remarks thanked the con¬ 
vention for this honor. 

Moved to elect S. B. Robertson as secre¬ 
tary-treasurer, whereupon Mr. Biggerstaff, 
of Warren county, arose and in a very 
complimentary speech nominated Mr. G. W. 
Hinton, of Bowling Green, for this impor¬ 
tant office. Mr. Robertson followed with a 
few remarks in praise of Mr. Hinton and 
asked that the members not vote for him 
(Robertson) because of what he had done, 
but that both be voted for as on the same 
footing. Mr. Hinton then came forward 
and in a few well-chosen words asked the 
gentleman who placed his name before the 
convention to withdraw the same, and this 
was done, and the convention proceeded to 
the election of S. B. Robertson as secretary. 

It was then moved that we elect the 
State board members and delegates as re¬ 
ported by the committee on nominations. 
This motion carried unanimously. 

The following was offered : 

Resolved, That this convention tender a 
vote of thanks to the county union of War¬ 
ren county and the officials, citizens and 
public press of Bowling Green for the cor¬ 
dial rception, hospitlity and entertainment 
of the delegates to the sixth annual meet¬ 
ing of the Kentucky State .Union of the So¬ 
ciety of Equity. 

With a general good feeling, the conven¬ 
tion adjourned at 2 :30. 

H. M. FROEMAN, Pres. 

S. B. ROBERTSON, Sec. 

PROCEEDINGS NATIONAL CON¬ 
VENTION, A. S. OF E. 

(Continued from January Issue.) 

Mr. Weber, of Nebraska—Couldn’t they 
pay a certain per cent on all of them? 

Mr. Wilkinson—I don’t believe that any¬ 
body that subscribes for these bonds are 
going to try and tumble over one another 
to get their pay back. I think every one 
who subscribes for these bonds are going 
to do it for the help of the Society. If 
the board goes to work and pays bond 
Number 1 and 2, I am willing to take 
bond 400. 

Mr. Yeager—If that is the way the So¬ 
ciety will do, I will pay $105 for the first 
four bonds. 

Mr. Wilkinson—I will make a motion 
that we insert right in there that as the 
Society accumulates money that they can 
begin with the lowest-numbered bond. 

Seconded by Mr. Tank. 

A Member—I want to say that on a 
proposition like that the first hundred 
bonds will be very largely at a premium 
if they are to be paid off that way. The 
trouble is, a few of these bonds will be 
paid in full and others probably never 
paid. 

Mr. Wilkinson—If I understand these 
bonds are payable the first of January, 
1915. As I understand it, these people 
that subscribe for these bonds are will¬ 
ing to subscribe and wait until 1915 for 
their money, but the question comes 
that this sinking fund will begin to grow 
so that some of these bonds can be paid 
and some interest paid. How are they 
going to pay? Let it be numbers. I 
am perfectly willing to wait and I will 
take number 400. 

Mr. Wood, of Ohio—I will take 399. 

Mr. Yeager—I will take number 398 at 
par and the first four at $105. 

Mr. Nelson—I have helped to hatch 
some means of getting money a number 
of times. I believe we have now hatched 
the best we have ever had yet. When I 
say it is the best proposition I base it 
upon this: No proposition ever presented 
before has provided for the setting aside 
of a sinking fund out of a definite in¬ 
come. Last year’s proposition was an 
advance on assessments. We have got 
the best proposition at the present time 
that the Society has ever seen. 

Mr. Chrvst—Another reason why this 
is the best: All other financial under¬ 
takings after we had assumed them be¬ 
came a liability; this will be an asset 
from the start. 

Question on the adoption of the report 
as amended. Carried. 

Mr. Wilkinson—I would suggest that 
Mr. Wood and Mr. Nelson be a commit¬ 
tee to make a little subscription list so 
that we can begin to subscribe the bonds 
tonight and tomorrow and to get as much 
of it as possible right here. 

President Sharp—Do you make that as 
a motion? 

Mr. Wilkinson—I will make it a motion. 
Seconded. Carried. 

Mr. Hinton, of Kentucky—If there is 
nothing now before the house, I move we 
adjourn until 7o’clock. Adjourned. 

EVENING SESSION. 

—Thursday, Nov. 17, 1910.— 

The convention called to order by Presi¬ 
dent Sharp. 

Mr. McConnell—Your Committee on Leg¬ 
islative Demands might make a further re¬ 
port if it is your pleasure. 

“Whereas. There is abroad in the country 
a general discussion of the so-called dealing 
in futures in connection with the market¬ 
ing of farm products, and 

“Whereas. We regard it not only proper, 
but the duty of all farmers’ organizations, 
to take a definite position in that matter, 
be it 

“Resolved, That we hereby declare it as 
our belief that the sale of farm products 
for delivery at a future time is often neces¬ 
sary for the most profitable marketing of 
the same, insisting, however, that all such 
contracts for sale and delivery should con¬ 
tain a description of the exact location of 
the product dealt in at the time of the 
exception of such contract; and be it 
further 


“Resolved, That we, the members of the 
American Society of Equity, in annual na¬ 
tional convention assembled, ask of Con¬ 
gress the enactment of such a law as will 
prevent the practice and possibility of sell¬ 
ing farm products for future delivery from 
being used as a means for gambling in the 
necessaries of life.” 

Motion and second to adopt the report. 

Dr. Touhy—I regret that Brother Nelson 
is not here on this proposition. It is very 
good in its line, educative and the like. 
The Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative 
Union was interested in a bill last year in 
regard to cotton and such things, and I 
think the Independent League of Chicago 
also had a declaration of this kind. I was 
present at the discussion by the committee 
in the Independent League, and also heard 
a good deal of the Farmers’ Union discus¬ 
sion. A prominent member of the New York 
Produce Exchange took that matter up with 
Brother Nelson about qualifying fictitious 
things in the buying and selling of commo¬ 
dities, and he and Mr. Nelson had it hot 
and heavy. With the exception of that 
word “fictitious,” I would say that that is 
a very good resolution to present. 

Mr. McConnell—I w T ill state for the bene¬ 
fit of the body that the most of this was 
written by Mr. Nelson. I supposed he, hav¬ 
ing been there, knew more than I did, and 
what he didn’t write I got the ideas mainly 
from him. 

Resolution adopted. 

Committee on Constitution and By-laws 
reported Article V, Section 1, again. After 
some discussion the convention, by unani¬ 
mous vote, substituted for the committee’s 
report the section as it is now printed in 
the by-laws. It provides for five directors, 
among whom the president and vice-presi¬ 
dent shall be two. 

Motion made that the constitution, as 
amended at this annual session of the Na¬ 
tional Union, be substituted for previous 
constitutions, and that all conflicting ar¬ 
ticles and sections or resolutions be and 
are hereby annulled. 

Mr. Wilkinson, of Minnesota—I will sec¬ 
ond the motion, and in order to meet the 
objections of the gentleman over here I 
will ask that the matter be taken up to¬ 
morrow morning at 8 :30 o’clock; that the 
motion lay over until 8 :30 o’clock to-mor¬ 
row mornin/x, as that satisfies the qualms 
of everybody’s conscience, and there is a 
question of a peculiar Indiana law that 
seems to require us to hold the vote over 
until to-morrow, so I ask that the motion 
lay over now until to-morrow morning. 

Motion carried and question on the orig¬ 
inal motion laid over. 

Secretary of Committee on Constitution 
and By-laws—When the Committee on Con¬ 
stitution and By-laws presented its report 
a few changes were read in the articles 
of incorporation. If there are any changes 
to be made, this is a good time to make 
them. Shall I read it, Mr. President? 

President Sharp—Yes, if there is a propo¬ 
sition of that kind we will hear it. 

Secretary of Committee (reads articles 
of incorporation)—The first change is at 
Article III—“Objects.” The first and 
great—. We changed the word “great” 
to “greatest,” because we think all the ob¬ 
jects of this Society are great, but the ob¬ 
taining of profitable prices being greatest 
is why that was changed. Section 2: 
We changed the word “produce” to “prod¬ 
ucts.” We changed “for an advantageous 
price” to “for profitable prices.” 5. We 
changed that to “Open new markets, en¬ 
large old ones and arrange to supply con¬ 
sumers in a direct way.” 6. We changed 
“new seeds” to “better seed,” and instead 
of “with a view of improving present crops 
and giving a greater diversity” we changed 
it to “with a view to improve crops and 
give a greater diversity.” 8. We strike 
out the words “and intensive” and strike 
out the balance of the section after “farm¬ 
ing” and insert “and to make for the teach¬ 
ing of agriculture in our public schools.” 
9. We changed “highways” to “public 
roads.” 10. Strike out “our” and add the 
words “where necessary.” 11. Insert the 
word “the” before “adulteration” and 
“marketing.” And strike out 14 entire. 
These are all the changes. 

Mr. Nelson—Really I do not see, for the 
purpose of changing the words, that it is 
worth the trouble and cost. There may 
be another consideration that it might be 
well for this convention to take up. It has 
been suggested in a number of conventions, 
and all large farmers’ organizations hold 
their national conventions here and there 
throughout the country and attract atten¬ 
tion in the State where they are held. But 
as we are incorporated here the national 
conventions must be held within the State 
of Indiana. It might be well to incorporate 
under some other State, so that we can 
hold our conventions wherever we see fit. 
It is easier to incorporate under some other 
State than to get this Legislature to change 
the laws. And I would suggest if that is 
the desire of the convention that we author¬ 
ize the Board of Directors to take any and 
all steps necessary to accomplish that, and 




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PAGE 15 


FARMERS EXCHANGE 

" ^MWiOTrrnr-a i iiii —t - t mub i immmb—m—J 

(Classified Column.) 

Advertisements will be accepted for this 
column from paid subscribers to the E. F. 
J. at the low rate of one cent per word, 
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POULTRY. 

FOR SALE—Indian Runner ducks. Fawn 
Runners, White Runners. Prize winners. 
Outlay hens, eye-opener circulars. Newell’s 
farm Nine, Girard, Ill. Jesse X. Newell, 
Girard, Ill. 


FOR SALE—Silver-laced Wynadottes, thor¬ 
oughbred, wide-open laced, . big utility 
birds, bred for business ; tested fertile eggs 
for hatching—15, $1.50; 30, $2.75 ; 45, $4; 
100, $S. Satisfaction guaranteed. Anthony 
Elm, Lansford, N. D. 

FOR SALE—“Russell’s” Single-Comb Leg¬ 
horns. None better in the United States. 
Stock for sale. Eggs in season. Fine cata¬ 
logue free. F. B. Russell, Box 31, Wake- 
man, O. 


FOR SALE—Partridge U yandottes, cock¬ 
erels, $5 each, females $2 each. Koae- 
comb Brown Leghorns, cockerels $3 each, 
females $1.50 each. Samuel Lotton, Rlalug 
Sun, Ind. 

REAL ESTATE. 

LOR SALE—A great bargain, 200 acres 
with log buildings, 30 acres under plow, 
balance plow land, timber and meadow; 
only 1 % mile from school, church, 
store, cream station and blacksimth shop. 
Price, only $15 per acre. Favorable terms. 
Address Murray, Wadena, Minn. 


FARMS FOR SALE—Richest corn farm, 
150 bushels per acre guaranteed. For 
particulars write 7V, Sullivan, Ina. 


WANTED—Good farm from owner only. 

Want possession now or next spring. 
State particulars. Boerse, Box 754, Chicago. 


FOR SALE—OVER 70 IMPROVED FARMS. 

I own and control in Barron, St. Croix 
and Polk counties 40 to 240; also about 
20,000 acres timber and cut-over lands. 
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prices. You can select your farm and loca¬ 
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payment to suit. L. Rivard, Turtle Lake, 
Wis._ 

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the Gulf Coast country of Texas. Will 
sell all or part. Have also 320 acres in 
Mountrail county, North Dakota. Why not 
buy direct from owner and save agent’s 
commission. Write for prices and terms 
and any other information desired. George 
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WANTED—Corn, oats and hay in carload 
lots; also clover and timothy seed and 
seed corn. Send samples of seeds with 
prices. C. E. McGuire, Stillwater, Minn. 


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successful, quick-growing and cheap. Es¬ 
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Only small quantity left. Seed will be 
20c higher next spring. Henry Wledmeyer, 
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dam of Lady Mona Chief, 26.45 lbs. butter 
in 7 days; Netherland Mona Johanna (3Vfc 
yea»s), 22.95 lbs.; Lady Mona Netherland, 
22.91 lbs. Sire, Mercedes Jewel Paul; he by 
Jewel Paul, full brother to Jewel Dtichess, 
27.7 lbs. butter in 7 days and first prize cow 
at National Dairy Show, 1910. Little more 
black than white. Price, $80. Others from 
2 to 9 months, from $40 up. O. J. Leu, 
Sec. Wood County Union, Grand Rapids, 
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WANTED—A man or woman to act as our 
information reporter. All or spare time. 
No experience necessary ; $50 to $300 per 
month. Nothing to sell. Send stamp for 
particulars. SALES ASSOCIATION, 650 
Association Building . Indianapolis. IncL 

FOR SALE — Standard Polled Durhams, 
choice herd headers and farmers’ bulls. 
Also cows and heifers. See or write F. 
Bunker. Delton, Wis._ 

FOR SALE—High-grade Guernsey bull calf, 
three months old, nicely marked ; is pure 
bred. Also five bushels medium red clover 
seed, 1910 crop; germination test, 95 per 
cent. Henry Jansen, Jr., Route 8, Box 24, 
Appleton, Wis._ 

WANTED—A few carloads of alfala hay 
from members of the A. S. of E. State 
quality and price. Address Gustav A. Pol- 
serman, Secretary L. U. 5843, A. S. of E., 
Hamburg. Wls._ 

STUART LOCAL UNION No. 5832. A S. 

of E., solicits correspondence with other 
unions and members who are in need of hay. 
Our union has a surplus of fine Upland 
prairie hay for sale. Let us hear from the 
brothers. Give present market prices at 
your points. Let’s get together and do one 
another good. L. A. Jillson, Stuart, Neb., 
President Stuart L. U. 


it might include also the moving of head¬ 
quarters. If you continue the oflicial paper 
there is no question but what there are 
better places for it—Chicago, particularly, 
is the commercial center of this country, 
and it would be a good place for your offi¬ 
cial organ, i am making these suggestions. 
They have been talked of a number of times 
and they have some merit. 

President Sharp—You hear the sugges¬ 
tion. What is your will in the premises? 

Mr. Stevens, of Kentucky—1 move that 
the Board of Directors be empowered to in¬ 
corporate in some other State and move 
headquarters if they think best. 

Mr. Nelson—That motion has to be put 
pretty broadly to be legal. I don’t know 
whether 1 can do it right off the reel, or 
do it at all, hut I will try. I move you, 
Mr. Chairman, that the delegates attending 
this national convention, representing the 
entire membership of the American Society 
of Equity, hereby authorize its Board of 
Directors to do any and all things needful 
to incorporate or reincorporate the Amer¬ 
ican Society of Equity of North America 
under the same name under the statutes of 
any State providing for corporations not 
for pecuniary profit and under which stat¬ 
utes it will he possible to transact business 
and hold the national conventions legally 
anywhere in the United States; also, if 
deemed advisable, to move national head¬ 
quarters. 

President Sharp—And do you offer that 
as a substitute for the motion? 

Mr. Nelson—Yes. 

A Member—What would be his objections 
to us being incorporated for pecuniary 
profits? 

Mr. Nelson—This is essentially a mem¬ 
bership corporation, and not a stock com¬ 
pany. That is why we come under that. 

Mr. Spear, of Indiana—I would like to 
ask, if it can he done, that when we re¬ 
incorporate it shall be under the name 
“American Society of Equity,” leaving out 
the word “the” and “of North America” 
at the end. 

Amendment accepted. Motion carried. 

Mr. McConnell—If we are through with 
the amendments, can’t we proceed with the 
election of officers, if I can get a second? 

Mr. Wilkinson—We seem to be through 
with the business practically until to-mor¬ 
row morning. Now, I would say this : The 
bond subscription paper is on the table, sev¬ 
eral of the gentlemen have subscribed for 
bonds, and now is an opportunity for any 
and all to go up there nad sign your names 
so that we can have at least a hundred 
bonds signed this evening, so that we can 
get through by to-morrow noon. Now, let’s 
get right down to business. We can’t have 
the election of officers until the constitution 
is adopted. 

Mr. McConnell—In reply to the brother, 
we can have the election of officers. The 
constitution can he ratified to-morrow. The 
election of officers would not affect that. 

Mr. Wilkinson—We would have to ratify 
the officers. I think you could put in time 
better on this bond business than to elect 
officers. Whats’ the use to elect officers 
if we haven’t got any money? 

Mr. Nelson—I was going to suggest that 
the subscription be read so that the au¬ 
dience may know what is in it, and I want 
to suggest that this is your most important 
business; upon that hinges what the con¬ 
clusion of this convention will be. I want 
to remind the convention that accepting 
the directors’ proposition does not carry 
it out until you have signed up for $2,500 
or provide for it in some other way. 

Mr. Wilkinson—I am not going to stand 
here and say we want these men to step 
out and elect a new board with these debts 
resting on them, and that is why I do not 
want to try to elect officers until we get 
together on this, and if we can see that we 
can make a ft go” of it we can elect officers 
and go on with the business. 

Ten minutes’ recess taken. 

Convention called to order. 

President Sharp—Now, friends, what Is 
the business of the hour? 

Mr. Nelson—Now, gentlemen, I would 
suggest that we get in earnest about this 
business. We have had a fing convention. 
We have done some wonderful work. We 
have settled all of our differences excepi 
this little thing here. If you can’t carry 
many of them yourself, take a pocketful 
home to Joseph and John and Peter and 
Jack and ask them to carry some, and the 
people will take them. 

The question of finance was discussed by 
the various members of the convention 
while subscriptions for bonds were being 
taken, until the convention adjourned at a 
late hour. 

MORNING SESSION. 

—Friday, Nov. 18, 2910.— 

The convention called to order by Presi¬ 
dent Sharp. 

President Sharp—Friends, we have been 
a little tardy this morning, and now the 
time has fully come that we should proceed 
to business. What is the pleasure of the 
body? If there is nothing ready right now 
I understand there is a delegate present who 
wishes to make a statement to the conven¬ 
tion, and possibly this would be as good a 
time as any. 

Mr. Butler, of Ohio—I publish a paper. 
It is an Equity paper. I feel that there is 
nothing else of more importance in the 
progress of Equity work than a good week¬ 
ly newspaper. I came here to ask this con¬ 
vention to make a paper that I will start. 


These proceedings will be concluded in the 
next issue. 


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Direct from owner, a 
farm, large or small. 

In any State or County 1 want to know of 
ranches, raw land, city and business proper¬ 
ty for sale. I will consider investments in 
patents, mining or other stocks or bonds. I 
will make loans and form stock companies. 
If you have something to sell in anv State 
or county, write me at once, inclosing 10c 
for reply. Send full description, price, map 
or illustrations if possible. Address Melvin 
C Churchill, Houston, Tex. 




Send the FREE COU¬ 
PON and get Deal¬ 
ers’ Price on the most 
Stupendous Gasoline 
Engine Offer ever 
made. 


Fits 
any 
Pump. 
Lightest 
3 h. p. 

Air 

Cooled 


This Engine 


to You 


Here is the first real free trial offer ever made on a 
gasoline engine. We will actually send you our marvel¬ 
ous new model 3 h. p. gasoline engine for your free use 
for ten days. Ten full days after you get the engine to 
your own place to set it working. A wonderful new type 
gasoline engine—the engine that has revolutionized the 
gasoline industry. Schmidt’s Chilled Cylinder Gasoline 
Engine, the engine that does more kinds of work on the 
farm than any other 'engine ever made. So easy to handle We 
can trust it to any farmer or shop owner on absolute free trial. 

Lightest 3 h. p. Takes up less room. Needs no foundation. 

P51VniPflt« Take long time to pay for this engine if you keep it. If you don’t 
lllvllia like sen( j it back at our expense. Try it first free. Then decide 
for yourself. Make small monthly payments if you prefer. Send the free coupon and get the 
full particulars of this sensational free offer. 

Nft IMfOfIPV J ust a request for a free trial brings this engine to you. No ad- 
vance payments to us, no deposits, no C. O. D. to us, no notes, no 
mortgages, no security but your own word. Five years guarantee on this engine. You can save 
all dealers’and agents’ profits on this engine if you write to the engine works direct while this 
stupendous free trial.offer is open. We make the same price to you that we make to our dealers 
to introduce this jiewjmodellengine. 

Here is the ideal pump engine. No other 
engine is half so handy, and true and eco¬ 
nomical for pumping. Move it from one 
well to another. Two men can carry it around—a child can haul it on the hand 
truck. With our special, simple, easy equipment you can have a complete power 
plant that any man or woman can run with ease. You will be surprised how easy 
and at what little cost we will equip your 

A Woman Can Schmidt’schuied 

Run this Engine- & Engine 0 

all our new patents and easy running im¬ 
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parts that almost anybody can run it and 
manage it with ease. It is specially de¬ 
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the farm can leave it entirely to the women 
folks to run. It starts without a “kick.” 

It can’t “kick back”—it starts remark¬ 
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almost every part. One woman and this 
engine with equipment, can do more work 
on a farm than two hired hands. 


Best Pump Engine 






How to Use Power 


To all 
who 

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Schmidt Bros. Co. Engine Works 

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Our engine makes women’s work light and 
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Davenport, Iowa 

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Use Power" all free and prepaid. 


Name 


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PAGE 16 


CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE, FEBRUARY, 1911. 



SIAN DA 
COLIC 
REMEDY 


STANOARO 

STOCK 

LINIMENT 


FOR HOGS ONLY 


STANDARD 

CRESOLSALVE 


STANDARD 

LICE 

KILLER 


Standard 

■insect 

FOWDEK 


Read this amazing special introductory offer to farmers and all owners of 
live stock everywhere. Send the coupon below and get $12.00 
^ worth of the finest, purest and best guaranteed goods free 

.. -—* . 11 "" . 


Standard 

WORM 

POWDER 


Manufactured By 

Standard Stock FoodCompany 


Standard 


SiandardWohu 

Powder 


swim Stock taoD Company 




TT^POUNDS- 

Standard 

C ONDIM E N T A L 

POULTRY 

POOD 


STANDARD 
SPAVIN PASTE 


Standard 

STOCK 

DIP 


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For Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep 
and all Live Stock 


Manufactured By 

Standard StockFood Company 

OMAHA .NEB U S A’ 


Manufactured By 

Standard StockFood CO. 

OMAHA. NEO.U.S.A. 


Yes, FREE—absolutely free to every live stock owner 

and all farmers—shipped free, a beautiful, highly polished, brass 
trimmed. Redwood Cabinet filled with Standard Veterinary Remedies. 

Shipped to you now free. Send us the Fi’ee Cabinet Coupon below. 
You need these free goods. Read the list. Here is the free list: 

List of FREE Goods 


One gallon can Standard Stock Dip - 

One 2-lb box Standai d Horse Worm Powder 

One bottle Standard Stock Liniment - 

One bottle Standaid Colic Remedy 

One box Standard Veterinary Salve - 

One box Standai'd Gall Salve - 

One box Standard Heave Powder 

One bottle Standard Pine Tar Extract 

One bottle Standai’d Spavin Paste 

One one-quart can Standard Fly Shy 

One one-half gallon can Standard Lice Killer 

One box Standard Insect Powder 

One 51'2-lb. box Standard Poultry Food 

One 4-lb. box Standard Hog Worm Powder 

One Redwood Brass Trimmed Cabinet 

Total cash value of free goods - 


- price, 

- price, 

- price, 

- price. 

- price, 

- price, 

- price, 

- price, 

- price, 

- price, 

- price, 

- price, 

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$1.25 

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1.00 

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.25 

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1.00 

.35 

.05 

.25 

.50 

1.00 

3.25 


$12.00 


FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 

FREE 


This magnificent Redwood Cabinet Is 30 inches higrh, 20 inches wide and 5 3*4 inches deep. 
It is highly polished, showing the rich, fine grain of the giant Sequoia Redwood Tree. Cabinet 
is brass trimmed—brass hinges ornamental shape, brass spring, latch lock and brass spring 
inner lock. All of the Standard Veterinary Remedies in the cabinet are full size, guaranteed. 
Cabinet and remedies are free for sending the coupon below. 


$12.00 FREE! 


Examine the above list carefully. 
See the value of every article in 
the list! Actual value of the 
goods in the list $12.00. You get all this value and all the benefit 
of having these necessary remedies at hanci by simply filling out and mailing 
the coupon. One minute’s work and a postage stamp brings this great Free Cabinet offer to you. We want you to test these goods and know what they are. 
That’s why we make this astonishing offer. Send coupon and get these goods free in connection with our great special introductory offer, to test them at our expense. 


OUR GUARANTEE: 


We positively guarantee every article of the Standard line to be compounded of the purest superior quality laboratory tested materials and according to 
the best formulas as proved, by actual use on hundreds of thousands of farms throughout the United States in our twenty-five years of business. 


$12.00 Cabinet FREE 

This magnificent Redwood Cabinet is free and all of the Standard Veterinary Remedies you see in it are free with the splendid introductory offer we 
are making. You never had an offer like this before. It is the greatest offer ever made to introduce veterinary remedies to the live stock owners 
of the United States everywhere. Hundreds of thousands of farmers are using Standard line of goods. We want you to know how good they are. 


Use These Remedies We want ? ou to have these reme - 

dies so that you can use them on 
own animals. We want you to know— to Convince yourself by Using 
them —that they are the best veterinary remedies. We want you to 
know it. We give you this magnificent Redwood Cabinet, packed 
full of the remedies, so you can use this big lot of the remedies and 
prove to you they are the only kind of remedies you will ever want 
on your farm as long as you live. 


Be sure to send no money when you send 

the coupon. The cabinet and all of the 
goods in it are free. We give you the free goods and the cabinet to introduce 
the Standard line of veterinary goods to you. The goods are free to you on 
this big special introductory offer, and you are under no obligations. 


Send No Money 


SneCial °^ er is^’especially important to every man 

owns work horses, mjj^eows, hogs, sheep and poultry 
as well as for those who are fattd^pg animals for market and stock 
breeders. In fact, this is the m<fe £ sensational offer ever made to all 
owners of live stock of every kiiid. Every one of the free articles 
ofiered you here will make money for you. The time on this very- 
special offer is limited. Bend for coupon Now. 

. » _ H ra »» fen _ no _ .. _ 


Free Cabinet Coupon Tpr“« T0 o™SH“-’ 

Gentlemen—You may send me prepaid free certificate good for one Redwood Cabinet as described, filled with regular 
sized packages of Standard Veterinary Remedies m connection with your special introductory offer, all of the actual cash 
value of $12.00. This puts me under absolutely no obligations whatever, ami 1 am never to pay you anything at any 
time for these free goods or the Redwood CaLinet. 


My Name. 


P. O. 


State 


R. F. D. No.. 


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I own. horses.cattle.cows.hogs. sheep....Poultry 

Here is the name and address of the dealer where 1 usually buy my veterinary remedies, stock food, etc. 


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Free Goods to Prove to You 

ThAir oTf The fr ee g°°d s you get in the Redwood 

Akldli XjMillllj Cabinetare the purest and finest, the 

best veterinary and poultry preparations on the market. We know that if you 
once use the best remedies on your animals you will never again besatisfied with 
substitutes and poor quality brands. The immense business of the Standard Stock 
Food Co. has been built on the results produced on animals on hundreds of 
thousands of farms throughout the United States in the last quarter of a century. 
Time has proved the superior quality of Standard goods. We sell Oil quality 
only. The lot of free goods we give you in connection with this great special intro¬ 
ductory offer are all regular size packages. Every package is large enough to give goods a genu* 
me test and prove to yourself that the quality is absolutely the highest on the market today. 

This fine cabinet and the free preparations given 
only once to any one person. This is an offer for 
introductory purposes only. We give you these 
free goods to test. We give you the cabinet to 
keep the free goods in. We give you a particu¬ 
larly fine cabinet because many persons would like to keep the remedies in the 
house. Every member of the family will admire the cabinet. The women folks 
will probably want it because it is such a handsome piece of furniture. The cabinet is hand¬ 
some enough to go in anybody’s home. The cabinet is in keeping with the high quality 
of the goods that fill it. This amazing otter is limited. Act quickly. 

Don’t delay a 
minute in send¬ 
ing the FREE 
coupon. Send 

the coupon or copy it on a letter or a postal, but send it no.v*. You need every 
one of the preparations in the free cabinet. The dollar bottle of Standard Colic 
Remedy may save the best horse in your place any day. The dollar box of 

Standard Hog Worm Powder may save a good many hogs for you. The gallon 
cf Standard Stock Dip may save all of your hogs, or your sheep, or perhaps a diseased cow., 
t he box of Standard Insect Powder or Standard Lice Killer may add a good many dollars to 
your chiekon profits. Every one of the l^T&imtdies you get free with the cabinet, in eonnec- 
tion with this great Introductory Otter, is absolutely the best. You need every one of these 
articles. You need them every day. You can get them all free now in connection with this 
great limited otter—one time to any one person. Send the coupon now before you lay the 
paper down, because we want you to have these goods to test them. 


STANDARD STOCK FOOD C0.°‘« : 



Send Coupon Promptly 


Only One Cabinet 
to Any One Person 


My dealer’s name 


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iopsGuide 


Indianapolis, Indiana, March, 1911 





OUR NEW HOME. See page 6. 

1 and 2, stairway leading to our offices on third floor. 3, the location of the offices. 4, 
the elevated eleectric railway leading to and from the loop district of the city of 
Chicago. Sixteen minutes ride from Fifth Ave. 


CONTENTS V 

A Hunting Trip..V . . Page 4 

Dividends on Patronage . . .Page 4 

A University for Co-OperatioiV.Page 5 

A Contrast: By Matt.Page 5 


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LETS CO-OPERATE 
L'yor ^ 
BETTER FARMING 
BETTER BUSINESS, 

and 

BETTER LIVING ON THE PARf 




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A. S. of E. Official. 

Country Sisters Circle".'.. 
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Reciprocity Proposition 
Unjust. 


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PAGE 2 


CO-OPERATORS' GUIDE. MARCH, 1911 


Be Your Own Veterinary! 


and 


Be Wise On Other Things 


Get one of our Willsden 
Live Stock and Atlas 
Wall Charts. 

We Want to Give one of 
them Absolutely Free 
to Each of Our 
Subscribers. 

It has to be seen and studied 
to be fully appreciated. Its 
value and beauty cannot be told 
with words but if you will read 
the following brief description 
you can get a little idea of 
what it is. 


92 Sesamoid 

93 Pastern 
!M Coronary 

95 Coffin bone 

96 Scapula 

97 Shoulder joint 

98 Elbow joint 

99 Humerus 

100 Radius 

101 Ulna 

102-109 Carpal bones 


Copyright, 1909, by B. Blake Willsden. 


EVERY FARMER HIS OWN 
VETERINARY 

Accompanying the plates illustrating the an¬ 
atomy of the amimals which contribute so large¬ 
ly to the subsistence and wealth of the civilized 
nations of the world, is an artitle on each ani¬ 
mal, written by some eminent authority, as for 
instance: “The Cow,” by Dr. 0. 0. Wolf, presi¬ 
dent of the Kansas Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion: “The Horse,” by J. W Thompson, editor 
"Spirit of the West;” “Swine,” by Hon. F. D. Co¬ 
burn, author of “Swine in Americ'a,” and secre¬ 
tary of the Kansas Board of Agriculture. These 
articles describe the symptoms of the diseases 
the animals are subject to, and give the most 
authentic methods for the prevention and cure 
of such maladies. Some of the maladies pre¬ 
scribed have hitherto been unpublished 

The information contained in this chart will 
enable any farmer or stockman to save hun¬ 
dreds of dollars in loss or stunting of animals on 
account of neglect or mal-treatment in cases of 
sickness or accident The illustrations are so 
clear and the methods of diagnosing and treat¬ 
ing of ailments so simple, that every farmer can 
be his own animal doctor and give speedy relief 
instead of waiting for the arrival of a profes¬ 
sional. As at least 90 percent of all domestic 
animals are never seen by a professional veteri¬ 
nary in any event, it is very important for the 
owner of livestock to be well posted in veterin¬ 
ary science himself. That he can be by pos¬ 
sessing and studying Willsden s Unrivalled Live 
Stock Anatomical Ch art. 


I 



Our Willsden Live Stock Anatomical Chart will be found more valuable than any book or publication that can be secured anywhere at any 
price. This Anatomical Chart is indeed a wonder and it must be seen to be appreciated. It includes five distinct charts of the horse printed in 
five different colors, first showing exterior parts; second the bones; third the veins or circulatory system; fourth the muscles, and fifth, the internal 
organs. Each part, bone, vein, muscle and organ, is numbered and each number corresponds to a name in key which is a part of chart, so that 
the youngest school boy can refer to the chart and give you the name of any part of the anatomy of your farm animals. There are also five sim¬ 
ilar plates, for each of the COW, SHEEP, HOG and CHICKEN. All are carefully drawn and engraved in the correct coloring. This Wall Chart 
is composed of three sheets of extra heavy white glazed paper printed in colors. Each sheet is 36 inches long by 28 inches wide and fitted with 
brass eyes for hanging on the wall. 

HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS ALL IN ONE 

The first page contains a map of the world and a map of the United States set in a border composed of the Flags 
of all Nations of the Earth, printed in their original color . The front page of the second sheet of this chart contains 
a map of your State set in a border of the photographs of all the Governors that have served since it became a State. 
On the backs of the pages are statistical tables, giving the number and value of live stock and crops by years and 
States, and hundreds of other little items of other information, 

An alphabetical list of all the postoffices, cities, towns and country villages within the State is printed on the 
back of one sheet; this is keyed so that anyone can tell at a glance whether the place is a postoffice served by a rural 
route or a star route, whether there is a bank or an express office there, and the population of each. 


HOW TO GET IT 

You can get this valuable chart absolutely free of charge. All we ask of you is to get two of your neighbors to 
give you their subscriptions for the Co-Operators’ Guide for one year at fifty cents each, or get one subscription and 
send us twenty-five cents extra. 

In order to make it ail the easier for you to get the subscriptions you may tell your neighbors that we will send 
them, absolutely free of charge, one of our Farmer's Record Books if they will give you their subscription. 

Better get one of these Farmer’s Record Books at once, and put it and a copy of the Co Operators Guide in your 
pocket next time you go somewhere. It may prove to be just the place and time to pick up a few new subscriptions. 

VSE THIS BLANK. 


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Gentlemen:—Enclosed please find $-for— 


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Kindly send free of charge to each of these a copy of your Farmers’ Record 
Book and a Willsden Live Stock and Atlas Wall Chart to the writer. 


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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911 


PAGE 3 


m ® n u EDITORIAL * ■ ® h 


CONFIDENCE—DISTRUST. 

It is stated that man makes his own 
destiny. If it is true in the singular, 
it is true in the plural, namely, 
that we make our own destines. 
Every act of an individual helps 
to shape not only his own fate, 
but that of his associated fellow 
beings as well, and the acts of the 
associates help to shape the destinies 
of them as well as the individual. A 
man must carve his future, not singly 
but in fellowship with others. Two 
of the most powerful elements in the 
shaping of man’s future and the des¬ 
tiny of communities and nations are 
confidence and distrust. Confidence 
builds. It inspires hope, stimulates 
ambition and encourages thrift and 
industry. Distrust destroys, shatters 
hope, smothers ambition, induces idle¬ 
ness and hardens the heart. If we 
want to make life better for ourselves 
and fellow beings each clay as time 
passes, it behooves us to keep a 
watchful eye on ourselves to see that 
we do more to establish and inspire 
confidence than we do to scatter and 
nourish distrust. 


THE COST OF LIVING. 

A large majority of the people in 
the United States live in cities and 
are generally spoken of as consum¬ 
ers only. It is this condition that 
prompts band-wagon politicians and 
publicity agents for useless middle¬ 
men to appeal to the “suffering con¬ 
sumer” when they want some policy 
inaugurated or some legislation en¬ 
acted, which will, in the end, bring 
more profit to the middleman than to 
the consumer. 

We hear some one humming in all 
places and at all times about how the 
consumer suffers from the high cost 
of living and that the only way to re¬ 
lieve him of his suffering is to re¬ 
duce somehow or other the price of 
farm products. If the price of farm 
products should be reduced and the 
consumer get the benefit of it, then 
temporary relief might be found in 
that manner of procedure. 

The agitation which, in a large 
measure, molds the opinion of the 
people now-a-days is paid for by the 
commercial interests and especially 
the middle men, and naturally, of 
course, colored in their favor. These 
interests are seeking now to convince 
the people who buy farm products 
(there are two thirds as many who 
buy farm products as there are who 
produce them) that by removing the 
duty on raw farm products, these 
products would be cheaper and the 
cost of living to the consumer re¬ 
duced. It is true, for instance, that 
removing the duty on wheat will tend 
to cheapen the price of wheat; hut if 
the duty on flour is not removed, 
then on the same theory, the price 
of flour would not be reduced. A 
fair to all downward revision of the 
tariff may weaken the power of the 
system to the extent that it is strong 
because of the nature of our trade 
relation with other countries; but it 
will not bring the producer and the 
consumer any closer than at present 
and there will never be any material 
and effective reduction in the cost of 
living until the producer and the con¬ 


sumer of the nessaries of life get 
closer together. 

The intensity of the struggle for ex- 
istance in our country today will con¬ 
tinue to become more intense and 
culminate in a revolution, unless co¬ 
operation as the principle upon which 
to conduct the business of distribut¬ 
ing that which man needs for his 
sustanance, is taken up fast enough 
to release the terrible tension and 
substitute evolution for revolution. 


FARMERS AND RECIPROCITY. 

The opposition by farmers to the 
proposed Canadian reciprocity agree¬ 
ment is not proof that farmers are 
opposed as a class to downward re¬ 
vision of the tariff. Their opposition, 
in this instance is a protest against 
an unfair deal. Farmers in the 
United States are opposed to it for 
the same reason that farmers in Can¬ 
ada are in favor of it and “Big Busi¬ 
ness” in the United States are in fa¬ 
vor of it for the same reason that the 
manufacturing interests of Canada 
are opposed to it. Canadian farmers 
will profit while Canadian manufac¬ 
turers will suffer and the farmers in 
the United States will suffer while 
“Big Business” will profit. 

Aside from being an unfair deal to 
the farmers, it can not be denied that 
should that agreement be ratified as 
it now stands, the increase in our in¬ 
dustrial activity, particularly manu¬ 
facture and trading, would draw more 
of our people into the large cities and 
further depopulate our farms. Just 
the very condition that private greed 
and middleman monopoly wants. This 
condition is a means of making the 
American common people industrial 
slaves. 

There are too few people on our 
farms now to do the work as it should 
be done and the net profit, the much 
talked of prosperity of the American 
farmer notwithstanding, is too small, 
and the life on the farm too much of 
a drudgery to keep on the farm those 
who are there, let alone inducing 
others to join any “back-to-the-land” 
excursions. 

There are a' dozen or more ap¬ 
plicants ready to fill every vacant 
position in our cities. This means 
that a lot of people are idle and all 
working people at the mercy of the 
“system.” Idleness is-the mother of 
crime. To further pack our cities 
means more idleness, more crime 
and general degeneration of the na¬ 
tion. 


THE EQUITY WAY. 

No one questions any longer that 
the farmers need to be organized. The 
question that the farmers are con¬ 
cerning themselves with now is HOW 
to organize or BE ORGANIZED. “The 
Equity Way” seems to be the safest 
and most feasable. First: Literature 
is scattered among the people in the 
community where the farmers ought 
to be members of the Society. The 
next step is the formation of a local 
union and the payment of admittance 
fees and dues. As time passes, the 
local unions become business units, 
taking up some particular phase, of 
the business end of farming such as 
the shipping of grain, livestock, buy¬ 
ing of mill feeds, fertilizers, twine, 


pooling wool, tobacco, grain, hay, 
seeds and selling these. 

The local unions of the American 
Society of Equity are not only social 
units of the organization, but com¬ 
mercial bodies that realize the neces¬ 
sity of state and national organiza¬ 
tions, and provide for the maintain- 
ance of these by paying out of the 
profits that acrue from the business 
taken up, an amount equal to a year’s 
dues, etc., of all persons who patron¬ 
ize the business enterprises of the 
local union. Notable in this direction 
are the following: 

From the new Burley Tobacco Pool 
Contract in Kentucky we quote as 
follows: 

It is mutually understood and 
agreed that all non-members and 
delinquent members of the A. S. 
of E.,, who sign this contract do 
by that act become A. S. of E. 
members in good standing and 
that their fees and dues for one 
year from date of signing this 
contract shall be deducted from 
the proceeds of the sale of their 
pool tohaflco. 

From a letter written by National 
Director O. H. Olson, of New Rock¬ 
ford, N. Dak., we quote: 

Be sure to send us a bundle of 
the Co-Operators’ Guide, so we 
can-distribute them among the 
stockholders. Almost half of 
them were not members of our 
local union until this year. They 
will be members now because we 
have had our By-Laws amended 
so as to take the dues out of the 
patronage dividend. 

In Wisconsin, the American Society 
of Equity has proposed to the> legisla¬ 
ture a law compelling all co-operative 
organizations within the State to set 
aside a certain percentage of their 
profit for educational and develop¬ 
ment work. 

The Terminal Elevator Project in 
the Northwest, according to the By- 
Laws* now under consideration, will 
set aside not less than 5 per cent, nor 
more than 20 per cent, of its profits 
for educational and development 
work. Believing that a portion of 
this fund can be used to best advan¬ 
tage by turning it over to the Ameri¬ 
can Society df Equity, provision is 
also made for that in the proposed 
By-Laws. 

The spirit of co-operation is not 
selfish. Co-operation commercially 
applied is the embodyment of true 
brotherhood, in the business relations 
of man with man. 1 If co-operation is 
good in one community or in one in¬ 
stance, it is good in other communi¬ 
ties and other instances, and the 
greater the • number of co-operative 
activities, the more valuable and de¬ 
sirable are each of the small units 
that go to make up the movement as 
a whole. 

“The Equity way” is for farmers to 
let other people’s business alone and 
take complete charge of their own 
and in such a way is to have state 
and national organizations by means 
of which to protect and promote their 
interests on all questions. In short, 
it means keeping a national machine 
and all its necessary ramifications in 
perfect order ready for operation on 
short notice whenever an emergency 
may arise. The defeat in the Sixty- 
first Congress of the proposed unfair 
tariff agreement with Canada, by the 
National Grange and the American 


Society of Equity illustrates the im¬ 
portance and value of having a na¬ 
tional farmers’ organization, ready for 
quick action. 


RECIPROCITY—? DEFEATED 

Now that Congress has adjourned 
without ratifying the President’s 
tariff agreement with Canada and the 
President having called an extra ses¬ 
sion of Congress to take it up, it may 
be of some interest to our readers to 
read the following protests taken 
from the Congressional Record. These 
are only a few of the protests that 
were filed within the brief space of 
one week. They indicate how and 
why that nefarious concoction called 
a reciprocity agreement was defeated 
in the Sixty-first Congress. 

The victory won by organized farm¬ 
ers in this instance ought to get 
every farmer in the country to join a 
national organization and keep him¬ 
self in good standing in it ever after: 
lion. Jonathan Bourne. United States Sen¬ 
ate, Washington. D C.: 

Under pending reciprocity treaty with 
Canada sheep are placed on free list, dressed 
meats taxed 1% cents per pound. This pro¬ 
tects packers, but no consumer or sheep 
breeder. if Canadian sheep are admitted 
free they will bring millions of pounds of 
free wool with them. Oregon Wool Grow¬ 
ers' Association protests most, vigorously 
against admission of free sheep from Can¬ 
ada. DAN P. SMYT1IE, Sec. 

lion. Henry Cabot Lodge. United States Sen¬ 
ate. Washington, D. C. : 

Massachusetst State Grange earnestly pro¬ 
tests against Canadian reciprocity treaty. 
Massachusetts farmers very strongly op¬ 
posed. Letter follows. 

CIIAS. M. GARNER. 

Master Massachusetts State Grange. 

lion. Henry Cabot Lodge, United States Sen¬ 
ate. Washington. D. C.: 

The farmers need your support. We op¬ 
pose thep resent plan of reciprocity with 
Canada. GEORGE S. LADD, 

Chairman Executive Committee Massa-v 
cliusetts State Grange, for the Committee. 

The National Grange earnestly protests 
against anadian reciprocity hill, which puts 
farm products on free list, while making 
practically no reduction in high tariff on 
manufactured articles. Bill subjects our 
farmers to unfair competition of cheap Ca¬ 
nadian farm lands. Will greatly injure 
farming industry. Will increase farm val¬ 
ues in Canada and reduce value of farms in 
this country. Farmers unanimously opposed 
to bill. M. .1. BATCHELDER. 

AARON JONES. 

T. C. ATKESON, 

Legists I ive .Commitete National Grange, 

Concord, N. II. 

lion. eGorge T. Oliver. Washington, D. C.: 

Dear Sir—On behalf of the organized 
farmers of Pennsylvania 1 hereby enter our 
protest against the Canadian reciprocity 
treaty, which puts farm products on the 
free list while making practically no reduc¬ 
tion on high protection on manufactured 
articles. Respectfully submitted, 

WILLIAM T. CREASY, 
Master of Pennsylvania State Grange. 

lions. Robert .T. Gamble and Coe L. Craw¬ 
ford. Washington, D. C. : 

Gentlemen—As secretary of the South 
Dakota State Union of the American Society 
of Equity, I adress you in the interests of 
the farmers of South Dakota in regard to 
the reciprocity treaty arguments presented 
by the President. 

The farmers of the Northwest—viz.. North 
and South Dakota and Minnesota — are 
truly and rightly alarmed at some of the 
things advocated in this measure, especially 
that of putting wheat on the free list, as 
we see in this nothing but a measure in the 
interests of the speculators and milling com¬ 
bines against tlieg rain growers of the 
United States. 

Teii grain growers -of the West and North¬ 
west have organized themselves for profit¬ 
able prices for farm products, and the 
farmers for the past three years have been 
able to see the benefits derived from their 
organization for controlled marketing to 
produce profitable prices. 

The millers and speculators find that 
farmers do not dump all their crop on the 
market, as formerly, regardless of demand 
or price, so that they (tin' speculators) can 
not now, as formerly, claim over-supply 
and pound down thep rices at the expense 
of tlieg rower, until said speculators have 
thee rop in their hands, when. lo! a change 
—a great shortage!—and prices go up with 
a bound. But not for the benefit of the 
grower, but of the speculator. 

Speculators and millers want Uanndian 
wheat free simply that they may load our 
markets and cry over-production to lower 
thep rice at the expense of farmers of the 
United States. 

Gentlemen, you represent an agricultural 
State, and we certainly expect you to work 
and vote in the interest of your constitu- 

(Continued on Page 11.) 
























PAGE 4 


CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911 


A Hunting Trip 

By Theo. G. Nelson. 


When the National Convention of 
the American Society of Equity had 
adjourned last fall, it became my lot 
to pack a few duds, bid folks and 
friends good-by and depart for a hunt¬ 
ing trip among the hills, the val¬ 
leys and on the plains of Wisconsin. 
The deer season was on and editors 
can enjoy a venison steak as well as 
any one; but mine was not a deer 
hunt. The forest fires have made 
bears plentiful in the forests that are 
left; but it was not a bear hunt. 

Wisconsin is literally peppered with 
local unions of the American Society 
of Equity. In most of these there are 
people who have taken a solemn vow 
that the life of the farmer shall be 
as attractive as that of any other 
class of people on earth and that 


It was reported that a number of 
patriots were headed for Menomonee 
about that time. True to the in¬ 
stincts of the hunter, I hurried to the 
spot so as to be on the ground, 
ready for any sport that might de¬ 
velop. Slowly, but surely, the patriots 
scheduled for the day, assembled. It 
was a meeting of the Wisconsin Ex¬ 
ecutive Board. Those present were 
Thomas Emmerton, President Emer¬ 
itus, of the Wisconsin State Union; 
Ira M. J. Christ, President; M. Wes 
Tubbs, Secretary; A Slaughter, H. G. 
Tank and A. H. Hunt, directors. 
Judge Mahoney was unable to be 
present. 

The National Convention of the 
American Society of Equity had de¬ 
cided that it was unfair that the di¬ 



Farmers’ Hall, Cook Valley, Wis., Nine Miles From Railroad. Left to 
Right—Thomas Emmerton, James Carnahan. 


farming shall be as profitable and de¬ 
sirable as any occupation. Civiliza¬ 
tion owes an unmeasurable debt to 
the men and women who have devot¬ 
ed even a part of their lives to such 
work. It was these people that I 
was directed to find. My trip was a 
hunt for patriots. 

At 7 o’clock a. m., November 23, the 
musical voice of the colored porter on 
a Northwestern train called “Menomo¬ 
nee.” It was a clear, cold morning. 
Before the eyes lay the pine clad 
hills, decorated with a sheet of new 


rectors and officers of the National 
Union should be personally liable 
for the old indebtedness of the So¬ 
ciety, and to relieve this situation a 
ten thousand dollar issue of bonds in 
denominations of twenty-five dollars 
each was provided for. By members 
and local unions purchasing one or 
more of these bonds, the burden of 
the old indebtedness could be distrib¬ 
uted more equitably among the mem¬ 
bers of the Society who had the in¬ 
clination and were financially able to 
give the Society a long time use of a 


A KNOCKOUT BLOW. 



Forward Local Union!—Who Is Next? 


snow. Peace reigned supreme. A 
few rigs passing along the road, the 
curling smoke from the newly-lit 
fires and a trickling stream in the 
gully below were the only signs of 
life. It was a soothing scene for one 
emerging from the dirty cobble-stone 
streets of a noisy, over-crowded city; 
to a pair of lungs accustomed to air 
so thick that it can be cut into 
chunks as if it were cheese, this pure 
morning air was wonderfully invig¬ 
orating. 


sum equal to one or more bonds. The 
majority of the patriots assembled 
here had already taken one or two 
bonds apiece. Director Hunt was the 
only one to fall into the hunter’s trap 
that day. 

My principal mission here was to 
consult with the officers of the Wis¬ 
consin State Union on how to best go 
about the placing of bonds among 
the members in that state. After con¬ 
siderable discussion and a careful 
(Continued on Page 12.) 


r 


Dividends On Patronage 

By C. Vincent. 


In the July last- issue, page 4, is 
an interesting table on “Rochdale Co- 
Operation.” Perhaps some of your 
readers would more readily grasp the 
importance of this subject if they 
will study its application as we prac¬ 
tice it in our company. We have five 
elevators in operation and the stock¬ 
holders of each station enjoy in full 
the entire earnings of that station. 
In the year ending April 30, 1908, our 
Pleasanton, Neb., station handled 
about 223,000 bushels of all kinds of 
grain. The “gross” margin averaged 
2% cents per bushel—about $4,775 
gross profit. The entire operating 
expenses were about $1,850, leaving 
close to $2,900 in the profit fund. 
There are 57 stockholders, with $100 
stock each, making a capital of $5,700. 
If $2,900 is to be distributed on the 
“stock” of our members each $100 
share (and in this case it means each 
stockholder, because we permit the 
holding of only one share per per¬ 
son) would draw $52.63, or 62.63 per 
cent., on the investment. 

This result would please the mer¬ 
chant and the village carpenter, each 
of whom took one share to show their 
good will and local enterprise, but 
neither of whom sold us a bushel of 
grain. It would also please the non¬ 
resident stockholder—the man who 
sold his farm and moved to California 
or Colorado, and who therefore 
ceased to give us any business. But 
how about the “other boys”? 

In order to answer this question we 
must bring clearly to view the 
“source” of the above “profits.” We 
must inquire where they came from— 
and how they came to be accumu¬ 
lated in our treasury, and who the 
owners were before the cash came 
into our bank account. Every cent 
of that $2,900 originally belonged to 
the men who sold us their grain, and 
the $2,900 of profit was left in our 
treasury after all expenses w'ere paid. 
Neither the carpenter, the merchant 
nor the non-resident stockholder put 
a dollar of those profits in the treas¬ 
ury. It all came from the farmers, 
and it came “in proportion to the 
amount of business from each farm.” 
The man who sold us 1,000 bushels of 
grain furnished us, on the average, 
$21.25 gross margin, or $13 net. The 
small farmer, who sold us 500 bush¬ 
els, then furnished us on the average 
$6.50 of the net profit of $2,900. We 
have several stockholders whose 
sales were around 500 bushels, and 
one from whom we bought 155 bush¬ 
els, one 156 bushels and one 223 
bushels. Therefore, these last three 
contributed to the profit fund, respect¬ 
ively, $2.02, $2.03 and $2.90. We also 
have one stockholder, Mr. T., who 
sold us over 7,500 bushels, contribut¬ 
ing $97.50 net to the profit fund. 

In view' of the above analysis of 
earnings, will anyone maintain that 
the “stock” distribution w'ould be 
equitable? 

Under that plan the man who took 
the risks of business and furnished 
us with his business a net profit of 
$97.50 is permitted to draw out $52.63 
and the man who contributed to the 
profit fund $2.02 is also given $52.63, 
while the carpenter, the merchant 
and the man who “sold out and moved 
away” also gets the same sum. Mr. 
T. puts into our “profit fund” $97.50 
and we are to give him back (under 
the plan of the stock distribution) 
$52.63, keeping $44.87 to distribute 
among those who put in little or 
nothing. 

Out here we do not call that “co¬ 
operation.” 

Our plan provides that if w-e shall 
have been fortunate, and if we have 
avoided losses, and if we shall have 
a good crop year, with its attendant 
large volume of business, and if as 
a result of “good luck all around” we 
have more than enough profits so 
that we can pay a reasonable return 
on capital invested, then our plan ar¬ 
ranges to pay to all stockholders 
alike a liberal interest or stock divi¬ 
dend, w'hich may be 8 per cent, or 10 
per cent, or 12 per cent., but never 


more than 12 per cent. We may 
also set aside a reserve fund, a cer¬ 
tain per cent., but if anything re¬ 
mains in the profit fund after paying 
the stock dividend as above and pro¬ 
viding for the reserve fund, the ex¬ 
cess must go back where it came 
from—from the farms—and it seems 
to us that equitable way to put it 
back on the farms is to put it “on 
the farms of the stockholders—in 
proportion as it came from those 
—in proportion to the grain sold to 
the elevator from each farm.” 

It is not believed that anyone w'ould 
contend that we took too much mar¬ 
gin ((about 2 cents a bushel—it 
finally figured out on that year 2 % 
cents a bushel). With a small vol¬ 
ume of business this would all be ab¬ 
sorbed in expenses. With a large 
volume of business and some misfor¬ 
tune, such as falling markets, hot 
grain or losses from many possible 
sources, the profit fund would not be 
excessive, and the sole reasons why 
we had $2,900 for distribution were 
that we did a large volume of busi¬ 
ness and conducted it at the minimum 
of loss from all sources. We were 
fortunate throughout the season and 
we may never again have such a vol¬ 
ume of business and run of good luck. 

We cannot, then, safely reduce the 
margin. If the profit fund seems ex¬ 
cessive to outsiders who contributed 
to it, the door is open for them to 
come in and enjoy the profits. If we 
reduce the “margin” to an unreason¬ 
able degree we would be paying the 
outsider a premium to stay out—giv¬ 
ing him all the expected benefits 
while relieving him from all the pos¬ 
sible risks of a stockholder. 

Following is a list of our dividend 
checks mailed to stockholders at the 
close of that year’s business. It 
was the educational work done by 
A. S. of E. that made possible the 
organization of our Pleasanton 
bi’anch: 


NAME. 

Bushels. 

Grain Divi¬ 

dend. 

! Stock Divi¬ 
dend. 

Total Divi¬ 

dend. 

J 41. Bretz. 

403 

$10.07 

$12.00 

12.00 

$22.07 

M. S. Booher... 

12.00 

A. L. Chingren. 

3,427 

85.67 

12.00 

97.67 

Charles Day ... 

678 

16.95 

12.00 

28.95 

W. C. Powuey.. 

3,064 

76.60 

12.00 

88.60 

Jos. Dusek. 

3,675 

81.97 

12.00 

93.97 

James Dusek.... 

1,619 

40.47 

12.00 

52.47 

1’ O. Frame... 

905 

13.30 

7.08 

20.38 

F. L. Crammer. 

2,028 

50.70 

12.00 

62.70 

A. II. Crammer. 

2,000 

50.00 

1200 

62.00 

M. Crammer_ 

2,000 

50.00 

12.00 

62.00 

Fred Harre. 

2 104 

52.60 

12.00 

64.60 

Aug Hermann.. 

901 

22.52 

12.00 

34.52 

W. T. Ilolthusen 

1,273 

30.92 

12.00 

42.92 

B. F. Hunter... 

223 

5.57 

12.00 

17.57 

John W. Hunter 

1.535 

38.87 

12.00 

50.87 

E. P. Hickman. 

543 

13.57 

12.00 

25.57 

F. G. Hays. 

•T. E. Johnson.. 

... 

4,734 

. 

118.35 

3.39 

12.00 

3.39 

130.35 

\V. R. Jones_ 

667 

16.67 

12.00 

28.67 

W. Jacobs . 

155 

1.09 

3.36 

4.45 

It. Janitscheck. 

519 

12.97 

12.00 

24.97 

Anton Kratz .. 

2.634 

65.85 

12.00 

77.85 

Chris Krause... 

2.035 

50.87 

12.00 

62.87 

It. ICirschner_ 

1,727 

42.77 

12.00 

54.77 

P. Kreuzer. 

W. It. Hammers 

1.534 

38.35 

12.00 

12.00 

12.00 

50.35 

II. II. Hammers 

1.112 

27.80 

12.00 

39.80 

Ernst Hintner.. 

397 

9.92 

12.00 

21.92 

Jos. Mouler. 

1,589 

39.72 

12.00 

52.72 

It. Mouler . 

2,323 

58.07 

12.00 

70.07 

W. Mouler. 

3,618 

90.45 

12.00 

102.45 

II. Munster _ 

1S6 

4.65 

12.00 

16.65 

C.has. C. Martin 

3,529 

88.22 

1200 

100.22 

Joe Nickman... 

2.473 

61.82 

12.00 

73.82 

Isaac Perkins.. 

1.648 

41.20 

12.00 

53.20 

Jas. Pearson_ 

642 

16.05 

12.00 

28.05 

A. E. Pearson.. 

. . . 


12.00 

12.00 

Houis Peters.... 

. . . 


12.00 

12.00 

D. Phillips. 

330 

8.25 

12.00 

20.25 

J. W. Phillips.. 

874 

21.85 

12.00 

33.85 

A. Reese . 

4.982 

124.55 

12.00 

136.55 

Geo. Royle . 

1.187 

29.67 

12.00 

41.67 

A. V. Rogers_ 

1,611 

40.27 

8.00 

48.27 

F. Schwasinger. 

2.007 

50.17 

1200 

62.17 

G. Swearenger.. 

4,909 

122.72 

12.00 

134.72 

R. Schickling... 
John Tisdale... 



12.00 

12.00 

7,561 

1S9.02 

12.00 

201.02 

Samuel Tatum.. 

614 

15.35 

12.00 

27.35 

A, N. Valentine 

156 

3.90 

12.00 

15.90 

J. J. Vest. 

2.425 

60.62 

12.00 

72.62 

John Vest. 

2.735 

68.37 

12.00 

80.37 

W. F. Vest. 

2,028 

50.70 

12.00 

62.70 

Fred Wise . 

1,596 

39.90 

12.00 

51.90 

R. Zwiener ..... 

1,468 

36.70 

f 

12.00 

i 

48.70 

i 

Totals . 

92,7991 $2,284.64 ($633.83 ($2,918.47 


We have a longing to live in Ger¬ 
many. Joe Schott says a man is just 
as good as a woman in Germany.— 
Atchison Globe. 

























































CO-OPERATORS' GUIDE. MARCH, 1911 


PAGE 5 


A University for Co-operation 

By C. O. 


A CONTRAST: By MATT 

Danish Farmer Secures All 


A little more than a year ago one 
Mr. Henry C. Childs, of Crystola, Col., 
conveyed to a commltete, just before 
his death, a large amount of property 
and the control of a large area of land. 
The purpose of this bequest was to 
provide the foundation for a university 
where should be taught all of the 
knowledge relative to the question of 
industrial and social co-operation. It 
was specially noted in this document 
of assignment of property that the 
university should be designed to the 
uses of persons of both sexes and of 
all ages. 

The committee on whose shoulders 
has been laid the task of undertaking 
this enterprise is Mr. Charles O. Bor¬ 
ing, Evanston, Ill.; John D. Vail, Mar¬ 
shall town, la.; Byron Hames, of Colo¬ 
rado City, Col.; Joseph Thibauda, of 
Pikesview, Col., and Thomas Waters, 
of Pueblo, Col. 

The Place. 

Crystolo, Col., is seventeen miles 
west of Colorado Springs, on the Mid¬ 
land railroad, and lies twelve miles 
immediately north of Pike’s Peak. 
Here is the picturesque traveled route 
of the Middle West. Passing Manitou 
Springs, with its Garden of the Gods 
and its glorious monuments, we come 
to the great heights where the trav¬ 
eler looks down to the plains which 
stretch out for one hundred miles. 
The enclosure of theg reat cliffs shuts 
out this glimpse of a world we have 
left behind, and we soon/pass into the 
valley of the Green Mountain Falls, 
where is a summer tourist resort. 
Next we come to the station of Crys¬ 
tola, as it is called, the name of the 
postoffice being Langdon. On the 
north side of the railroad lies the 
town site of Crystola, with room for 
about 1,000 lots. Still north of it are 
enclosing heights of the mountains. 
East of the town site is the ground 
Selected for the Co-operative Univer¬ 
sity. This is really an ideal situation, 
a place most beautifully wooded, and 
yet with sufficient ground for a large 
encampment. 

Crossing the railroad at the postof¬ 
fice, we come to the farm connected 
with the estate, and then to the gar¬ 
den, near which place the ashes of 
Mr. Henry Childs are interred. Here 
are a group of buildings, consisting of 
a cottage, a printing establishment, 
where for a time the Lone Pine Maga¬ 
zine was printed; also the hotel build¬ 
ing, the barns, orchard, etc. 

Looking up the valley are other 
farm buildings and the mining mill 
of the Crystola Brotherhood Town, 
Mining and Milling Company, these 
lying to the west. Turning to the east 
again we find the beautiful wooded 
heights and several valleys hidden 
away as if for seclusion. In one 
canon the Colorado College has had 
its summer camp for many years and 
has gathered a nucleus of professors 
who are greatly interested in educa¬ 
tional work, and these are also greatly 
interested in Crystola and its pro¬ 
posed work. As a matter of history, 
therefore, the college spirit has been 
planted for years and is already some¬ 
what developed. 

To the south lies Pike’s Peak, bear¬ 
ing its burden of snow throughout the 
year. The elevation of this beautiful 
valley is about 7,800 fetet above the 
sea level, and it has a climate, there¬ 
fore, unsurpassed, indeed little less 
than ideal. Mr. Childs, who resided 
in this valley for more than thirty 
years, has stated that the ground was 
seldom frozen too hard in winter to 
plow in the middle of the day, and 
that the summer is never very warm. 
The altitude is not distressing, as in 
many places of similar altitude. The 
air is crisp and dry, and yet never 
piercing. The whole situation, there¬ 
fore, is unique and unsually delight¬ 
ful, which seems to be an especially 
fortunate circumstances for the work¬ 
ing out of a great social, educational 
and industrial problem. 

Why Co-Operation? 

First, because of a great economic 
condition now confronting the Arner- 


Baring. 

ican people. That this condition ac¬ 
tually exists is evidenced from the 
enormous advance in the cost of liv¬ 
ing during the past three years, an 
advance, we are told, of fully 44 per 
cent, in the cost of all mod products, 
and associate factors that go to make 
up living expenses. The development 
toward economic power in the hands 
of a few has almost reached a climax. 
Very little more progress in the same 
direction in which it is now moving is 
needed to make the majority of the 
people practically dependent upon the 
few' for the assurances of livelihood. 
One need not be an alarmist to see 
the now greatly accelerated develop¬ 
ment toward monopoly, and this tend¬ 
ency has not been in the least im¬ 
peded by the efforts of the last two 
administrations of government, which 
nave endeavored to change its current. 
It is doubtful indeed if the movement 
may now be successfully estopped, 
for the reason that corporations easi¬ 
ly change names and officials to meet 
emergencies, as has been done in the 
case ot several trusts, which have 
been forced out of business while the 
institution goes on just the same. 
Nor may we hope for a successful 
treatment of this question by the de¬ 
velopment of a governmental system 
of control, such as is promised through 
political action. The economic prog¬ 
ress of centuries demonstrates the al¬ 
most unconquerable development of a 
tendency when once started. The 
tendency of this age is toward con¬ 
solidation of interests and the con¬ 
sequent elimination of waste. There¬ 
fore we may not expect less consoli¬ 
dation than now, but very much more, 
until the climax is reached and a 
new tendency is set up. The fore¬ 
most reason, then, for co-operative 
work is that this movement lies along 
the lines of least economical resist¬ 
ance. It is a part of the great move¬ 
ment and is incident to the natural 
tendency. It may be suggested that 
the development of corporations, and 
especially under trust enactments such 
as those of New Jersey, Arizona and 
other States may provide a legal rem¬ 
edy. There are many reasons, how¬ 
ever, why corporations do not actually 
answer the purpose of a “people's 
movement.’’ Physically there are two 
lines of cleavage between the princi¬ 
ples of corporations and those of co¬ 
operation. Corporations rest upon the 
principle of competition, which is far 
from that of co-operation. Indeed 
these two ideas are fundamentally as 
far apart as the east is from the west. 
To be sure, the new unfoldment of 
trusts has resulted from the basic 
principles of co-operation, which, in 
fact, is “trust.” The “gentlemen's 
agreement” is a limited form of co¬ 
operation that has proved very valu¬ 
able to those daring to use it. The 
trust principle has indeed stolen some 
of the features of co-operation, and 
thus the fear of some, notably Miss 
Jane Addams, of the Hull House, that 
for this reason a people’s movement 
is not now practicable. Co-operative 
institutions, however, are people’s 
trusts, and these must do for all the 
people what the trusts have been ac¬ 
complishing for the few favored ones. 
The fundamental difference between 
corporations and co-operation institu¬ 
tions lies first in government. Corpo¬ 
rations are governed upon the unit 
of capital, co-operative associations 
upon the unit of manhood. Again, 
corporations base dividends upon cap¬ 
ital employed on the basis of the dol¬ 
lar; co-operative dividends are based 
upon service rendered, and capital is 
paid only its usual inttrest. These 
differences are so great that in the end 
they make as wide separation as the 
two poles of the earth. 

Co-Operation and Opportunity. 

Again, practices of corporations at 
work are constantly tending to the 
shortening of opportunity except only 
to those inheriting wealth or power 
or who chance to be fortunately situ- 

(Continued on Page 14.) 


United States Farmers Begging for a Pittance 

The Milk Producers’ association 
and the retailers are quarreling 
over a division of the public spoils 
in the milk business. 

The public pays 8 cents per 
quart for the milk furnished in 
Chicago. Of this the farmer gets 
2V 2 cents from April 1 to October 
1, and 3% cents from October 1 
to April 1, while the middleman 
—Borden, Bowman, etc.—get 5% 
cents from April 1 to October 1, 
and 4 y 2 cents from Oct. 1 to April 1. 

Now comes the farmer in the 
form of the Milk Producers’ as- 
soci tion and begs the retailer— 
the Milk Trust— to please give 
him a little more than 3% cents 
out of the 8 cents that the trust 
collects from the consumer. 

The farmer claims that where 
his shortage is overcome it is 
done by close economy, good man¬ 
agement and the denial of those 
things which go to make the life 
of man pleasant and happy. That 
because of these denials the farm¬ 
er’s sons and daughters become 
discontented with farm life and go 
to the cities to compete with the 
wage earners in mills nad factories. 

Now who is this Milk Trust 
that farmers on bended knee must 
beg its favor? 

Who is this Milk Trust the con¬ 
sumer must humbly contribute 5M>c 
per quart to deliver his milk when 
the produced only gets 2%c? 

Who is this public bogey who 
overcharges the consumer and 
underpays the farmer, who has 
been accused of watering the milk 
and killing the babies in our cities? 

The government investigation 
into the milk business in New 
York disclosed that the Borden 
Condensed Milk company is cap¬ 
italized at $30,000,000, with a sur¬ 
plus of $8,000,000. 

It further disclosed that the 
Borden Condensed Milk company 
was paying 10 per cent dividends 
on this capital stock of $30,000,000. 

It further disclosed that much 
of the stock of the Borden 
Condensed Milk company was 
watered, same as the milk. 

The question naturally arises, 
do the wagons, the cans, the bot¬ 
tles, etc., of the Borden Condensed 
Milk company represent a capital 
investment of $30,000,000. 

The answer naturally follows, No. 

The original Borden is said to have 
borrowed $50, which formed the 
nucleus of the capital; the farmers 
and consumers furnished the rest. 

Then what does this capital of 
$30,000,000 represent other than 
wagons, cans, bottles, etc. 

Protits—the difference between 
what the consumer has been pay¬ 
ing and what the farmer has been 
getting for milk. 

But isn’t it funny that the farmers 
complain and the consumers com¬ 
plain, and Borden isn’t to blame? 

Borden is a good business man.The 
farmers and the consumers are not. 

But Borden is teaching them 
valuable lessons for which the 
farmers and the public are paying 
him fabulous prices, and after 
they will have learned their les¬ 
son they will organize and have 
their own distributing agency; 
and then the farmer will receive 
what his milk is worth and the 
consumer will get his milk for the 
cost of production and the actual 
cost of distribution. 


The Danish farmer gets all 
that, he produces—absolutely all. 
He himself performs all of the 
processes of production, distribu¬ 
tion and exchange. He has elim¬ 
inated one middleman after an¬ 
other. 

The co-operative movement be¬ 
gan with dairying. Up to about 
1880 each farmer made his own 
butter. It was very costly and 
there was no uniformity of the 
product. About this time a new 
device was invented for butter¬ 
making. A number of farmers got 
together and purchased one of the 
machines. Its success was immed¬ 
iate. Other villages followed. To¬ 
day there are 1,08? co-operative 
dairies, with a membership of 158,- 
000 farmers. There are also 200 
other private dairies. Nearly 95 
per cent of the farmers are mem¬ 
bers of the co-operating dairies, 
which ship nearly one million dol¬ 
lars’ worth of butter a week to 
England. Then the farmers be¬ 
gan to use skim milk for feeding 
their hogs. The bacon business 
became a by-product. Then they 
organized cooperative slaughter¬ 
houses, which are located in dis¬ 
tricts. There are now thirtyfour 
of these co-operative abattoirs, 
with a membership of 1,100,000 
hogs. 

The Danish Cooperative Egg 
Export Society w r as the next or¬ 
ganization. It was organized in 
1895. It now’ has 57,000 members. 
The eggs are collected and 
stamped each day in a local circle. 
Then they are sent to larger cir¬ 
cles for export. In 1908 the export 
egg business amounted to $6,000,- 
000. Danish eggs bring fancy 
prices, for they are always fresh. 
They are better packed than any 
others, and are carefully graded. 
By these means the Dane has more 
than doubled the price which he 
receives for his butter. He saves 
the profits which formerly w f ent to 
the jobber. The same is true of 
bacon and eggs. 

Thus the farmer gets all that his 
labor produces. He is not de¬ 
spoiled by warehousemen and 
other useless middlemen. He gets 
the full value of his product in div¬ 
idends at the end of the year, the 
profits refunded to him being 
measured by the amount of his 
output. 

Co-operation is by no means lim¬ 
ited to the dairy industry. It is 
well-nigh universal. The Danish 
farmers co-operate in every possi¬ 
ble way. There are co-operative 
industries and institutions cover¬ 
ing every branch of farming and 


farm life. But as applied to dairy¬ 
ing, co operation is seen at its best. 

The foregoing illustrates the ineffectiveness of local organizations, 
confined to a few thousand members, when hundreds of thousands en¬ 
gaged in similar lines of production and selling in the competitive mar¬ 
kets. On the other hand, it shows the success of co-operative methods, 
where at least a major portion of the producers are co operating together. 

In the first article we find farmers begging for a pittance, in the lat¬ 
ter w r e find them commanding it. Should it not make intelligent farmers 
hang their heads in shame for having so long neglected co-operation? 

Farmers must remember this, that as long as they leave to others 
(the Armours, Pattons, Bordens and commission men) to do those things 
for them which they should learn to do for themselves (controlled mar¬ 
keting), those (the middlemen) to whom they leave such things to be 
done PLAN TO MAKE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE PROFITS TO 
THEMSELVES FOR DOING THEM. Who is to blame? 

















PAGE e 


CO-OPERATORS* GUIDE. MARCH, 1911 


American Society of Equity Official Page 


THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF 
EQUITY OF NORTH AMERICA 


Is a National Union of farmers and country 
people, In corporated under the laws of In¬ 
diana, with headquarters at Chicago, ill. 

Its Oral and principal ouject is"l'O 
OBTAIN PROFITABLE PRICES FOR AI.L 
PRODUCTS OF THE FARM. GARDEN AND 
ORCHARD.” This Is accomplished without 
a corresponding Increase In price to the con¬ 
sumer by gradually reducing the number of 
middlemen. This means a reduction of the 
great difference between what the consumer 
pays and the producer gets for the same 
commodity. It also has other objects of 
great Importance to agricultural Interests, 
which will be worked out as the Society 
develops. Constitution and by-laws, with 
complete Information about the Society, 
will be sent on request. 



The Emblem 

of the Society as 
here shown Is sym¬ 
bolical of PRICE, 
being on an equai- 
with I’ROBUC- 
N AND CON 
SUMPTION — It 
signifies that* the 
American Society 
of Equity stands 
for a square deal 
to all. 


CHE FARMERS’ UNION LABEL. 



The union label Is a trade mark which 
all members in good standing In the So¬ 
ciety are allowed to use. The use of this 
label on barrels, bags, crates, etc., affbrds 
a means by which members recognize each 
other’s products In the markets and favor 
each other when purchasing supplies, as 
well as In many other matters. 


OFFICERS NATIONAL UNION. 

President—M. F. Sharp, Narrows. Ky. 
Vice-President—Jas. Wood. Lockland. O. 
Secietary-Treasurer—S. D. Kump, Wicker 
Park Station, Chicago, Ill. 

Editor — Theo. G. Nelson, Wicker Park 
Station, Chicago, 111. 


CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE 

(Successor to Equity Farm Journal) 

The Official Organ of the National Union, 
A. S. of E. 

Published on the 1st of each month. 
Subscription price per year anywhere 

In the United States.. 50c 

Canada and other Foreign Countries.. 75c 


Do not address any correspondence In¬ 
tended for any department of the Equity 
Farm Journal to individuals In the of¬ 
fice. Use this address always: 

CO OPERATORS’ GUIDE, 

Wicker Park Station, Chicago, Ill. 


NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS—Vour sub¬ 
scription Is paid for to the date opposite your 
name on the colored slip on the front page of 
your paper or on the wrapper In which it 
comes. The paper will positively stop with 
the issue of that month, unless It Is re¬ 
newed on or before the loth of the month. 


CHANGE OF ADDRESS—When ordering 
a change in address subscribers should 
give the old address as well as the new one. 


HOW TO REMIT—Always send money 
by Draft, Postoffice Money Order or Reg¬ 
istered mall. Make all remittances payable 

to the Co-Operators’ Guide. 


NOTICE TO CANADIAN SUBSCRIBERS 
—Canadian stamps are valueless to us and 
cannot be accepted In payment of subscrip¬ 
tion or anything else. 

ADVERTISING—Owing to the fact that 
forms begin going to press on the 20th 
of the month preceding date of publication, 
we shall not be responsible for failure to 
omit, discontinue or change advertisements 
unless ordered to do so 12 or more days 
before the first day of each month. Adver¬ 
tising rates upon application. 


Entry as second-class matter applied for 
at Chicago, Ill., under the Act of Con¬ 
gress March 3, 1870. 


People’s Equity Exchange Publishing and 
Trading Union, publishers. 


Indiana Meeting. 

An Indiana State A. S. of E. meet¬ 
ing will be held at Boonville, Ind., on 
March 23. Every A. S. of E. member 
in Indiana and members from neigh¬ 
boring States are welcome. 



MOVED AND REINCORPORATED 

By March 22 the National Headquar¬ 
ters of the American Society of Equity 
and the Co-operators’ Guide, the offi¬ 
cial organ of the National Union, will 
have been moved to the corner of Mil¬ 
waukee avenue and Robey street. 
Wicker Park Station, Chicago, Ill. 
The office will be located in the North¬ 
west State Bank building. The pho- 
tograpn ot tnis building showing tne 
sueet car lines around it, elevated 
railroad and entrance to our offices 
and the side of the building in w'hicn 
we are located is reproduced on the 
iront page ot this issue. Hundreds of 
membeis of the American Society of 
Equity and readers of Co-operators’ 
Guide visit Chicago each year. We 
nope after becoming permanently lo¬ 
cated there that ail who visit Chi¬ 
cago w'ill arrange to “drop in” and see 
now we are getting along. It is easy 
to find us. lake either an “Armitage” 
or "Milwaukee” street car and ride 
until you get to North avenue, then 
get off and look straight in front of 
you and you will recognize the build¬ 
ing snown on the front page. Or you 
can climb the stairs into almost any 
elevated railroad station and take 
either a Humboldt Park train or a 
Logan Square train and ride to Robey 
stieet and walk a half block to your 
left as you go out on the street from 
the elevated station, turn to your left, 
look around and you Will see the same 
building right in front of you. 

The Society has been re-incorporat¬ 
ed under the state laws of Illinois. Un¬ 
der the provisions of the new articles 
of incorporation, it may hold its an¬ 
nual conventions in any part of the 
United States. 

When reincorporating it w r as found 
necessary and advisable to revise the 
wording of the objects of the Society, 
which now reads as-follows: 

1. The object for which it is formed is: 

(a) The first aud great object of this So¬ 
ciety is to educate farmers in the matter of 
production and distribution of farm prod¬ 
ucts and the prices thereof and the condi¬ 
tions and influences which control prices 
of products of the farm, garden and orchard. 

(b) By educational means to encourage the 
building and maintenance of granaries, ele¬ 
vators, warehouses and cold-storage houses 
on the farm in the principal market cities 
and in all localities where necessary, to the 
end that farm products may be marketed 
to the consuming public instead of such 
products passing into the hands of middle¬ 
men, trusts or monopolies. ’ (c) To obtain 
equitable rates of transportation for farm 
products. (d) By educational means to 
secure just and equitable legislation in the 
interest of agriculture, (e) By educational 
means to encourage the' opening up of new 
markets and the enlarging of old ones, 
tf) To educate farmers in the advantages 
of securing new and improved seeds, grains, 
fruits and vegetables from home and from 
foreign countries, and to assist them, by 
the dissemination of information among 
farmers, in securing such seeds, grains, 
fruits, vegetables and in the distribution 
of the same, with a view to improving 
present crops and giving a greater diver¬ 
sity in crops among farmers in the United 
States, (g) To report crops in this and 
foreign countries, so that farmers may op¬ 
erate intelligently in planting and market¬ 
ing. (h) To encourage the establishment 
of institutions of learning, so that farmers 
and their sons and daughters may be edu¬ 
cated in scientific and intensive farming, 
the best methods of marketing and the gen¬ 
eral advancement of agriculture. (i) To 
educate the people in the necessity of im¬ 
proving the highways of the United States 
and to encourage them in doing so. (j) To 
disseminate information with reference to 
the irrigation of land and to encourage 
stieli irrigation, (k) To prevent adulterat¬ 
ed food. (1) To promote social intercourse 
amongst the members of this society and to 
promote their mutual advantage in agri¬ 
cultural pursuits, (m) To encourage and 
assist in the settlement of disputes without 
recourse to law. (n) To promote the for¬ 
mation of farmers’ societies in the various 
States of the United States and in foreign 
countries with the same objects for which 
this society is formed affiliated with this 
society and under the pathronage of the 
same, (o) To promote the formation of co¬ 
operative trading companies to be organized 
for the purpose of distributing farm prod¬ 
ucts and the necessities of life as a means 
of equalizing the distribution of wealth 
among the people of the United States and 
to prevent monopolization due to ob¬ 
structed distribution. 

Under the new articles the manage¬ 
ment of the Society is vested in an 
executive board of five members. 


Do not forget to call on us when you 
are in Chicago. If you want mail to 
reach us the quickest way possible, 
addresss it either to Co-operator’ 
Guide or American Society of Equity, 
Wicker Park Station, Chicago, Ill. 


THE TERMINAL ELEVATOR. * 

Up to the time of closing this page, 
March 12, we have had no notice as 
to when the meeting of the stock¬ 
holders will be held to adopt By-Laws 
and determine how and when to col¬ 
lect the money due on subscriptions 
for stock, as well as to elect perman¬ 
ent directors and decide on a policy 
of operation. We had hoped to be 
able to announce it in this issue, hut 
under the circumstances It is impos¬ 
sible. 


CHANGE ON NATIONAL BOARD. 

Ill health has compelled National 
Director Chas. U. Pierson, of Cassel- 
ton, N. Dak., to resign and O. H. 
Olson, the well-known co-operator 
from New Rockford, N. Dak., has 
been appointed in his place. 


THE INDEPENDENT HARVESTER 
COMPANY. 

Many of our readers have asked us 
lately about whether or not the above 
concern is a Co-operative company. 
Our answer is that it is not. It may 
perhaps have both a moral and legal 
right to represent itself as a farmers’ 
company, because we have learned 
that the fellows who constitute the 
company, in the matter of govern¬ 
ment, are operating with a lot of 
FARMERS’ money. Farmers, how¬ 
ever, have little or nothing to say in 
the management of the company’s af¬ 
fairs. 


“Won’t you try a piece of my wife’s 
angel cake?” 

“Will it make an angel of me?” 
“That will depend on the kind of a 
life you have led.” 


Bonds Taken and the Takers. 


Published before .. 

I). O. Mahoney. 

II. E. Iloilien. 

L. E. Lee.. 

Jens Davidson . 

John T. Neprud .>. 

John A. Volden. 

Ben Von Ruden.. 


$3,500.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 

25.00 


25.00 


11. Brendum . .. 

N. C. Nerison . 

O. J. Lium . .. 

Thorwald FromstaU . 

Fram Local Union. 

Osten O. Ruffand. 

Ilans II. Dahlen. 

Maartin Slette . 

II. O. Stevlingson. 

Adolph C. Bryc.. 

Sven Iloglien . 

Alexander Aliikson . 

Theodore Oberson . 

G. 10. Ulland. 

T. J. Tuorson. 

\V. J. Bergum. 

Mandus Tniege . 

Tom O. Ailen .. 

Anton Vangen . 

Edward Unseth . 

O. W. Yeager . 

Jens Davidson . 

Andrew P. Lee.$12.50 

Martin Nelson . 12.50— 25.00 

Abraham Kalvestrand . 10.00 

Gus Llndvig. 7.50 

Andrew Johnson . 7.50 

S. B. Sandsmark. 5.00 

W. 10. Bishop . .. 5.00 

Fred Sordahl . 5.00 

Elmer E. Wilson . 5.00 

Henry Swenson.. 

Andrew Urness . 12.50 

Win. A. Ilomstad. 12.50 

A, II. Peterson....... 12.50 

C. J. Benrud . .. 

Ole T. Anderson. 6.25 

Nordahl Knieu . 6.2. r 

A II. Peterson.. 

T. t). Melhy. 6.25 

P. J. Flagstad. 1.00 

Peter Melby . 10.00 

ole Hanson . 5.00 

Samuel Constatie . 10.00 

Ilans P.orstad . 

Edward Berger .. .. 1 

Emer Lee . ... 

O. T. Hagen.... n.OO 

Martin* Olson . 5.00 

A. B. Aarstad. 

Gillespie Local Union 5601. 

Atwater Local Union 5714.. 

New Rockford Local Union 4772. 

H. H. Slmcoe. 

H. D. Murphy . 

Schuler & Claxton. 


5.00— 

12.50 

25.00 

12.50— 
12.50 

25.00 

12.50— 

6.25 

6.25 

•5.25 

6.25 

25.00 

1.00— 

10.00 

5.00 

25.00 

10.00— 

12.50 

25.00 

12.50— 

25.00 

5.00 


10.00— 

23.00 

. 

25.00 


25.00 

772. . 

25.00 


25.00 


25.00 


25.00 


Total ..$4,600.00 




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A BUSINESS PROPOSITION 

Every member of the American Society of Equity should remember 
at all times that as long as you pay your dues and remain a member in 
good standing, you are a part owner in the Co-Operators’ Guide. 

Being a part owner, you naturally want to increase the value of 
your property—the Co-Operators’ Guide. 

There are many ways in which the Co-Operators’ Guide may be 
valuable. It may be valuable because of what its contents and make-up 
does to educate its readers on how to live better and improve home condi¬ 
tions so that the boys and girls will not be willing to trade them for a 
place in the city. It may be valuable because of advice found in it on 
what to do in a lot of little things, etc., etc. 

Anothei valuable phase of the Co-Operators’ Guide is its earning 
capacity. It should be the means of earning a nice little sum of money i* 
annually that could be set aside and used for the promotion of that for X 
which the American Society of Equity stands. A FUND WITH WHICH -I* 
TO ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION AND ORGANIZATION OF CO-OPER- *’* 
I- ATIVE CREAMERIES, ELEVATORS, WAREHOUSES, SHIPPING AS- % 

- SOCIATIONS, ETC. . ’ £ 

•„ Theie are two ways in which to make it valuable in this respect X 

i- The first is to get as many subscriptions paid each year as possible ~ 

j* Get a11 the old ones to renew. A great many new ones should be added 
:* all the time. 

The second way in which to make the Co-Operators’ Guide valuable 

* from a dollars and cents point of view, is to patronize those who adver- 

rise so that advertisers will find that it pays them to pay the Co- 

j. Operators’ Guide the regular rates for the privilege of having advertise- 
f ments inserted in it. ^ 

: Our readers buy millions of dollars’ worth of goods and articles that 2 

: are advertised in hundreds of papers. Why shouldn’t farmers patonize H 

- those who advertise in their own paper first. If the same advertise- j 

- ment appears in your own paper and in a paper owned by an individual J 

; or Private corporation, then do not say you saw it in this or that other *i 

- P a P er - bu t sa >' you saw it in the Co-Operators’ Guide—your own paDer— 1 

- when writing to the advertiser. 1 

* If you see something advertised in other papers that should be ad- •S 

- vertised in the paper that the farmers own, because farmers buy it j 

- largely, write to those advertisers asking them to advertise in the Co- •! 

; Operators’ Guide, stating that you have written to the adveriser giving *1 

- 01 s name and address and tell what the advertisements are 

- H all of our readers would do just a little bit of this each month no 

; other farm paper in the country can be made more valuable from a 

. dollars and cents point of view than the Co-Operators’ Guide and why. ♦ 

shouldn t the farmers’ unmuzzled mouthpiece be made most profitable *5 

* especially when the profits are used for the betterment of the farmers’ 1 
« conditions? 

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PAGE 7 


CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911 


DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AGAIN 

According to the rules of the Post- 
office Department, farmers may sub¬ 
scribe for any of the official organs of 
the American Society of Equity with¬ 
out paying dues, and vice versa, farm¬ 
ers may pay dues to the Society with¬ 
out including in these dues the amount 
to be paid for subscriptions to any of 
the official organs, as has been the 
practice in the past. In fact the 
amount paid for subscriptions to the 
official organs' must not be paid as 
part of the dues, but it must be clear¬ 
ly understood when that money is 
paid, that it is for subscription. 

No farmer, however, who is really 
sincere about wanting to improve 
country life and elevate his own call¬ 
ing will neglect to pay his dues an¬ 
nually and support the official organs. 

It is especially important that new 
members should be induced to pay 
for a year’s subscription at the same 
time that they pay their dues. 

Old subscribers to the national organ 
get a notice of expiration about thirty 
days before their subscription ex¬ 
pires, so that they can send in their 
renewal direct to the publication of¬ 
fice and be sure that it gets there be¬ 
fore their name is taken off the list. 
When doing this, they will pay 50 
cents less 'when paying their year’s 
dues than they used to pay 
when dues included the subscription. 
A return envelope with a subscription 
blank printed on a coin card is sent 
with this notice of expiration, so as to 
make it as handy as possible for our 
subscribers to renew their subscrip¬ 
tions. 

Only one notice of expiration is 
sent. We do not believe in spending 
subscription money to pay for a lot 
of expiration notices. One notice 
should be enough for everybody and 
the rest of the subscription money 
should be used to improve the paper. 
Subscriptions sent direct are receipt¬ 
ed for by changing the expiration 
date on the address on your paper 
within thirty days after you send it in. 
If expiration date does not change in 
that time your subscription has either 
not reached us or there is something 
else wrong and you should write us 
at once. 

By using this method of receipting 
for subscriptions instead of a direct 
receipt, we save over $400 a pear, that 
can be used for making the Co-operat¬ 
ors’ Guide a better paper. 

NOTICE. 

Before March 20 we will have 
moved to our new home in Chicago 
(see photograph on front page), mail 
should therefore be addressed after 
March 20 to Co-operators Guide, 
Wicker Park Station, Chicago, Ill. In 
order to avoid delay in delivery of 
mail, be sure to always use this ad¬ 
dress. Clip the directions that we 
have given on another page of this 
issue about how to find us in Chicago, 
put it in your pocket next time you 
come to the big city so you will be 
sure to have it with you when you 
proceed to hunt us up. 


IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE 

Henry Wiedmeyer, of Richfield, 
Wis., advertised clover seed in the 
Farmers’ Exchange columhs of the 
Co-Operators’ Guide. Before his 
advertisement was discontinued he 
wrote us: 

“ I am fairly swamped with 
orders now. More than I am 
able to fill! So please be 
sure to discontinue the adv. at 
once.” 

Nothing can prove more emphat¬ 
ically that it pays to advertise in 
our Farmers’ Exchange columns. 
If you have anything to sell, or if 
there is anything you want to buy, 
do not miss the opportunity of find¬ 
ing the right buyers for what you 
want to sell or the right seller for 
what you want to buy, by inserting 
an advertisement in the Farmers' 
Exchange columns of the Co-Opera¬ 
tors’ Guide. For rates see Farmers’ 
Exchange columns. 


CHANGES IN KENTUCKY LAWS. 

Following are changes in our State by¬ 
laws as recommended by the committee 
on same, with some explanations follow¬ 
ing: 

"We, your committee on constitution and 
by-laws, beg leave to submit the following, 
viz. : 

“To cut out Section 6, Article C, and 
substitute therefor: •All initiation fees 
shall be two dollars, fifty per cent, (or one 
dollar) lo go to the organizer securing said 
member and fifty per cent, (or one dollar) 
to go to the county union for organization 
work in said county (provided, however, in 
the event said county has no active county 
union, then in such case the one dollar that 
would go to the county union shall be sent 
to the State union and used for organization 
purposes). Anual dues for each member 
shall be one dollar (whether a new or old 
member). This amount shall be divided as 
follows: Fifteen cents shall remain in the 
local treasury, twenty-five cents shall be 
sent to the secretary of the county , union 
(provided the county has an active county 
union, but if it has no active county union, 
then the twenty-five cents shall be sent, to¬ 
gether with the remaining sixty cents, to 
the State secretary, who will forward thirty 
cents of this amount to the National 
Union.’)” 

Note. — The official paper now has no 
connection with the dues, and we 
urge that every member take the official 
paper, but you should send your amount for 
subscription (fifty cents) "direct to the 
Co-Operators’ Guide, Wicker Park Sta¬ 
tion, Chicago, 111. We hope this matter 
will be weil understood, and in the event 
it is not, a letter or a postcard to your 
State secretary will promptly bring any 
information that may be desired. 

We desire further to call attention of 
all local and county unions to the fact that 
your State union, while in session at Bowl¬ 
ing Green on Jan. 11-12, indorsed the bond 
issue, and that six hundred dollars of these 
bonds were taken at that meeting, and we 
urge that individuals, locals and county 
unions get busy and take these bonds, that 
our National Union may at once be equipped 
the better to meet her obligations. 

Now the State of Kentucky has just held 
her sixth annual convention and has placed 
at the head of her State union men who 
propose to see taht we go after the rebuild¬ 
ing of the A. S. of E. in earnest, and to do 
this we will need the hearty co-operation 
of every old member. What will you do? 
If we all do our duty we will see wonderful 
results during this year, but if we wait for 
some one else to bring results they will not 
come; so let us hear from you as individ¬ 
ual members, as local and county unions, 
and remember that an early payment of 
dues will be a great help in this great work 
that is before 11 s for the year 1011. 

ItespectfuIIy, 

S. B. BOBERTSON. 

State Sec. A. S. of E. 


Subscription Getting That Counts. 

If 100 organizers or local union sec¬ 
retaries would send in as many sub¬ 
scriptions in one month as J. A. Gard¬ 
ner of Kentucky sent during the last 
week of February, we would get an 
increase of 13,700 subscribers in a 
month. If 1,000 members would send 
as many subscriptions each in a month 
as Mr. Gardner sent in a week we 
would have 137,000 additional sub¬ 
scribers, and if 10,000 members would 
do that we would have 1,370,000 addi¬ 
tional subscribers in a single month. 
My but it would count if everybody 
would work just a little! 


Secretary Robertson BusY. 

The Kentucky State Union has got¬ 
ten out a pledge for the promotion of 
a Burley Tobacco Pool that looks like 
business. Secretary S. B. Robertson 
sends one of them to the national 
headquarters with a note quoted, “We 
expect to have something doing in 
Kentucky soon.’’ Mr. Robertson has 
devoted a great deal of time and en¬ 
ergy as well as advanced large sums 
of cash at various times for the So¬ 
ciety and, like other leaders, has often 
been discouraged, but as often taken 
new heart and come up to the de¬ 
mands of the occasion smiling amid it 
all. 


The winter is about past and with 
it is gone the best time of the year 
for farmers to take a hand in better¬ 
ing the social and business side of 
their vocation. Won’t you sit down 
this evening and take a sort of inven¬ 
tory of what you have done this winter 
to promote organization among farm¬ 
ers and to help the officials and lead¬ 
ers in this to give more valuable serv¬ 
ice. What have you done for the pa¬ 
pers that are pleading your cause and 
guarding and protecting your inter¬ 
ests? What have you done for the 
Co-operators’ Guide, the paper in 
which you are a part owner, if you 
are a member in good standing of 
the A. S. of E.? For the public offi- 


The 

Dear Sirs:—Enclosed you will find 
money order for three old members’ 
subscriptions for your paper. I saw 
in your paper we should send it di¬ 
rect? Is that right? But to State 
Headquarters makes it cheaper for us. 

Now, by the way, I paid my full 
yearly dues the first part of October, 
1910, so you better' extend my time 
to 7-11 on my paper and oblige me. 
Tubbs wrote me to tell you. 

I sent a pelition in to Mr. Charles H. 
Weise, Washington, D. C. 1 received 
a letter from him saying he will at¬ 
tend to the matter when it comes up. 
That resolution which was put in by 
Mr. Tank, delegate from Marhaton 
County, Wis., at the National Conven¬ 
tion was a peach about using no other 
ingredients in beer besides barley and 
hops. 

What do you say about the Canadian 
reciprocity treaty which those two 
countries want to formulate? Won’t 
that be a nice gate to let every Tom, 
Dick and Harry in next? 

I think our tariff is a little too 
high on some commodities. Prices 
on leather and shoes are too high. 1 
paid $1.50 for a pair of shoes for my 
little boy, six years old. He wore 
them about six weeks. Now they are 
all to pieces in ordinary wear. About 
five years ago 1 couid buy the same 
kind of shoes for 75 cents a pair. Why 
then must shoes be so expensive? 
They are not worth it. I sold one 
cow for $26 and another better one 
for $37. How many shoes can be 
made out of shuts and cows hide? 
Our papers ought to give the price 
of all products of the farm about 
once every three months from differ¬ 
ent parts of the country. 

We are going to send for a carload 
of cedar fence posts gnd are getting 
more members right along. Our lo¬ 
cal was split and made two of them, 
Pleasant Hill Local. 

Will write you more some other 
time. 

PETER NEY. 


Dear Sir—I enclose draft for $15.00 
for thirty subscriptions to the Guide. 

We passed a resolution in our un¬ 
ion that if members would not sub¬ 
scribe for the papers at the time they 
paid their dues, we would refuse their 
$4.00. This is complying with the law, 
at the same time keeping up the pa¬ 
pers. It looks to me like as if that 
ruling was passed to kill the papers. 

I enclose a resolution that will be 
sent to advertisers of all kinds. It 
may do you some good. 

Yours truly, 

JOHN BUSSE. 

This is loyalty that counts. It gets 
subscriptions and it gets advertising.— 
Editor. 


Dear Sir—Yours of the 9th at hand 
with bonds enclosed and envelopes, 
stamps and pin, for which please ac¬ 
cept thanks. 

We had an elevator meeting at Gar¬ 
rison some time ago, and changed our 
elevator from a stock dividend to a 
patronage dividend system. After all 
expenses are paid, we will pay a 
dividend of twelve per cent to stock¬ 
holders. Balance of net earnings are 
equally divided per bushel to the pat¬ 
rons of the elevator. Patrons who 
are not stockholders, will be obliged 
to take the first fifty dollars of their 
patronage dividend in stocks. We de¬ 
duct membership dues from all pat 
rons who are not members in good 
standing in A. S. of E. You see what 
that means to the A. S. of E. If such 
a system were adopted throughout the 
grain growing district, the A. S. of 
E. would grow in leaps and bounds. 

Yours for Equity, 

ANTHONY WAGNER, Sec’y. 


cials who have demonstrated by their 
actions that they are a friend of the 
farmer? When you have taken the 
inventory, measure the list of the 
things you have done. How long is 
it? The only way to have a friend 
is to be one. 


Field 

LIKES THE CHANGE 

Co-operators’ Guide: 

This change from the Equity Farm 
Journal makes the paper look very at¬ 
tractive and the promise that it shall 
be truly co-operative and not belie its 
name, as many things do, will surely 
establish much enthusiasm. 

Twenty-five dollar shares and a 
thorough going progressive manage¬ 
ment. with the initiative, referendum 
and recall government by the share¬ 
holders should make a very lively 
publication. The great need of this 
age is a thorough knowledge of the 
right and a persistent argument to 
bring all men possible to this basis of 
thought and action. Any person who 
is chained to the past unrighteous ex¬ 
ploitation of the many for the benefit 
of the few, if he can not cut loose 
from all organizations or sects oppos¬ 
ed to progress, ought, to be dropped 
by the way and not be allowed to be 
an obstructionist. 

The workers have but one burden 
and that is plainly seen if a man will 
use his brains and a little common 
sense; this burden consists in the 
large class who ride oh the backs of 
the workers and enjoy the best of 
the product by making the workers 
believe they have a moral right to 
do so and that they are a very neces¬ 
sary burden. The education then con¬ 
sists in showing the workers that the 
schemer and the idler has no right to 
be this burden and that all men who 
favor allowing the schemer and the 
idler a place in human society is an 
enemy to himself, to his class, to 
his family, and to all humanity. True 
co-operation, then, is a clear under¬ 
standing of the injustice of this heavy 
burden of idlers upon the backs of the 
workers and a very energetic enlight¬ 
enment of those not so convinced. 

The idlers have for ages depended 
upon their superior mental ability and 
an unrighteous standard of right and 
wrong to maintain their hold upon the 
people. By all methods of force, 
bribery and threats they have kept 
the people in ignorance and warfare 
among themselves. All methods were 
righteous that promoted their domi¬ 
nant power over the people, but every¬ 
thing which educated and promoted 
co-operation among the people to 
make them independent of the idlers 
was the worst of evils. Because of 
this superior mental ability of the 
privileged class and their hirelings 
we should first know what actions 
they fear among their exploited peo¬ 
ple and then center upon that and cre¬ 
ate a “class consciousness” among the 
workers for a united effort to cast 
aside their burden of supporting this 
workless cless. 

Past history has thoroughly taught 
us that the privileged class hate above 
all things genuine cooperation and 
perfect harmony among the workers, 
and will go to any possible extreme 
and expense to break up this condi¬ 
tion among them. The capitalists 
will unite their powers to work for the 
greater returns from the workers but 
think it something terrible for the 
workers to do the same thing to retain 
a greater portion of their produce. 

The capitalists have in every in¬ 
stance had control of the government 
with its army and police force. They 
have been particular to control the 
judges, the law-making bodies and the 
priesthood or clergy. The people in 
their ignorance and confidence in their 
fellow men are easily deceived by all 
these powers pretending to be leading 
them in the ways of truth and right¬ 
eousness while they belong body and 
soul to the privileged class. 

Here is the key to the whole matter. 
The greater share the workers allow 
the idlers to take from them, the less 
they have for their own class. There 
can be no middle ground; their inter¬ 
ests are to retain the product of their 
own toil and make the idler go to 
work and earn what he gets. The 
workers must then be united in a 
“class conscious” body and against^ 
the capitalist. Any friend of the cap¬ 
italist is an enemy of the worker, 
(Continued on Page 9.) 



















PAGE 8 


CO-OPERATORS' GUIDE. MARCH, 1911. 


DRESSMAKING 


Our patterns are ordered direct from New 
York where they are made to order for our 
readers. They are all of the latest styles. 
It requires from ten to twelve days for us 
to yet a pattern to your home, counting from 
the date you mail your order. In ordering 
be sure to give the name, number and size of 
pattern desired. In ordering for children 
give age in years. Address Pattern Depart¬ 
ment, Equity Farm Journal, Indianapolis, 
Indiana. 



88G5-S710. AN EXCELLENT STYLE 
FOR MANY OCCASIONS.—This smart skirt 
8710 and stunning waist 8805 combine to 
make a “swell" gown that is suitable for 
street or "dressy" wear, as may be desired. 
The blouse has body and sleeve cut in one. 
Tile tucker or yoke is outlined by tucks in 
front and back that simulate a broad fold 
or plait. The simple gored skirt is made on 
narrow lines, but with a view to comfort as 
well as fashion. The waist pattern 8865 is 
cut in five sizes—34, 36, 38, 40 and 43 
inches bust measure—and the skirt pattern 
8710 is cut in five sizes—22, 24. 26, 28 and 
30 inches waist measure. It requires nine 
yards of double-width material for a me¬ 
dium size. This illustration calls for two 
separate patterns, which will he mailed to 
any address on receipt of 10c for each pat¬ 
tern in silve 1 ' or stamps. 



8841. LADIES’ GIBSON SHIRT WAIST. 
—A seasonable shirt-waist suggestion. The 
unusual feature of this model is the side 
closing. The tucks at the arm’s-eye give 
fullness and breadth to the figure, and the 
simplicity of the style will appeal to all 
home dressmakers. The tucks are stitched 
to the waist line in the back, but in front 


may be stitched to yoke depth only if de¬ 
sired. Madras, linen and poplin are always 
good for shirt waists, but cashmere and 
other soft woolens are equally appropriate. 
The pattern is cut in six sizes—32, 34, 36, 
38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure. It re¬ 
quires 3% yards of 27-inch material for the 
36-inch size. A pattern of this illustration 
mailed to any address on receipt of 10c in 
silver or stamps. 



8840. BOY'S RUSSIAN SUIT WITH 
KNICKERBOCKERS.—A comfortable and 
natty suit for the boy. A patent-leather 
belt will add a smart touch to this design, 
which is suitable for serge, cheviot, homo- 
sun. velvet or corduroy. Wash fabrics, such 
as linen, galatea or chambrey are also ap¬ 
propriate. The double-breasted effect of the 
front is especially neat, and the "knickers" 
are of Ihe prevailing popular style. The 
pattern is cut in three sizes—2, 4 and 6 
years. It requires 2% yards of 44-inch ma¬ 
terial for the 4-year size. A pattern of this 
illustration mailed to any address upon re¬ 
ceipt of 10c insolver or stamps. 



8851. LADIES’ SIX-GORE SKIRT.—A 
new and stylish skirt model. A unique fea¬ 
ture of this model is the extension on the 
side gores. The skirt is cut on close-fitting 
lines and has the panel effect in the back. 
The pattern is cut in five sizes—22, 24, 26, 
28 and 30 inches waist measure. It requires 
5% yards of 44-inch material for the 24-inch 
size. A pattern of this illustration mailed 
to any address on receipt of 10c in silver 
or stamps. 

NOVELTIES, PUZZLES, 

Send 7c, for postage and receive Our Leader and big 
catalog. Rodger R. Kauffman, Medicine Lodge, Kant. 


Patronize those who advertise. 


A SECRET FOR WOMEN 

catalog of Rubber and 
Tioeet Necessities. Send 2c stamp. Pairbank 
Supply House, A. T. 60 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 


I AniFQ Our new “Rubber Protector” is 
LiHi/lbi} the best; safe, secure. Mailed, $1. 
Particulars 2c postage. LEIPSIC MEDI¬ 
CINE CO., E. Avondale Ave., Toledo, O. 


COUNTRY SISTERS CIRCLE 


By MRS. G. W. EMMERTON 


HELP ORGANIZE 

To the Secretaries of the A. S. of E. 

Locals: 

At our National Auxiliary meeting 
at Stanley, Wis., I was elected Na¬ 
tional Organizer. Now I can not 
come to you, but Uncle Sam is a good 
servant, and through the mail I can 
easily deputize you to organize a lo¬ 
cal auxiliary union in your local 
union. Write to me at once and I’ll 
send you blank forms to organize 
with. Then forward the application 
paper to our National Secretary, now 
Mrs. Keeholz, Stanley, Wis., and you 
will receive your charter membership 
cards and buttons, also six copies of 
the constitution. Send in $2.50 with 
your application. Our constitution 
was revised at our convention and 


Don’t Judge Blindly. 

When you moot with one suspected 
Of some secret deed of shame, 

And for this by all rejected 
As a thing of evil fame. 

Guard thine every look and action, 
Speak no word of heartless blame, 
For the slanderer's vile detraction 
Yet may soil thy goodly name. 

When you meet with one pursuing 
Ways the lost have' entered in, 
Working out his own undoing 
With his recklessness and sin, 
Think, if placed in his condition. 
Would a kind word he in vain? 

Or a look of cold suspicion 

Win thee hack to truth again? 

There are spots that hear no flowers. 
Not because the so! 1 is bad, 

But the summer's genial showers 
Never make their bosoms glad. 
Better have an act that kindly 
Treated sometimes with disdain 
Than, by judging others blindly, 
Doom the innocent to pain.” 



Mrs. G. W. Emmerton and Children, 

Plymouth 

some time must pass before we can 
get it into the hands of the printer 
and ready for distribution, but write 
for any information you may want 
and no time will be lost in sending it. 
We will reply to you just as soon as 
we can. Rest assured we will reply, 
and you will receive all papers, con¬ 
stitution, membership cards and but¬ 
tons. 

We are a band of A. S. of E. wo¬ 
men, less than one hundred in num¬ 
ber, working and learning, studying 
the civic and economic problems of 
our country. We women know we 
can help in the A. S. of E. work and 
help our brother Equity men and re¬ 
ceive benefit ourselves. So please let 
us have a chance to meet with you 
and work with you. Ten local auxil¬ 
iary unions unite to form a state aux¬ 
iliary union, and officers and dele¬ 
gates form a national union, the su¬ 
preme head. Let. us get organized in 
each state, and let us learn our 
strength. We can do little or nothing 
unless we organize and co-operate. 

Because of the untiring efforts of 
its founders and older members; we 
now have this organization on its 
feet, able to stand. Let us thankfully 
join its ranks and help to do a great 
work. There are evils to remedy that 
we can reach in no other way. 

We must co-operate and get a fail- 
price for our farm products, make 
farm life attractive to our young peo¬ 
ple, and bring our united force into 
our legislative halls, so our men in 
the legislature will sit up and listen 
when we say the white slave traffic 
must stop, the saloon must go; or, 
if we must have it, let it be a wide, 
open place, with only a bar, no 
screened windows and gaming tables. 
We have no girls and boys to turn 
into these hell holes, so let us work 
with you and learn how to apply the 
remedy. 

So now, Secretaries, all write to 
me, and all write at once, and give 
us the chance to help. We’ll take 
none the less good care of our homes, 
and we will rejoice with you in our 
improved financial conditions; and re¬ 
joice that by organization and co-op¬ 
eration we can remove pit-falls for 
the boys and girls of our homes. 

We women are a power in the land. 
Let us understand what is to be done 
and how and you will find us unafraid. 
We want to save our young people, 
and we farm women can do it, for 
we are many and this organization 


Colfax, Wis., at Home Feeding the 
Rocks. 

gives us an opportunity. We expect 
to get more understanding, hut we 
are bound to do these things, so let 
us further co-operate and work with 
you. As the Society is in its youth¬ 
ful stage you might enclose a stamp 
in your letter. Write today. 


BERRY BUSHES 

Himalaya Giant Blackberry. 

Unquestionably one of the best and 
strongest growers, regular, heavy bear¬ 
ers, long season and line shipper. Al¬ 
most seedless, coreless, large and round. 
Advertised by some as high as 40c 
each ; our price, 10c each, $1.10 per doz. 

Mammoth Blackberry. 

Fruit enormous in size, often 2 x /> inches 
long, very early, productive and an ex¬ 
tra strong grower. Flavor mild and 
pleasant. Our price, strong roots only 
10c each, $1.00 per doz. 

Phenomenal Berry. 

A cross between the Cuthbert Raspberry 
and Cal Dewberry. Similar but much 
superior to the Loganberry. Very large 
and productive. Our stock is true and 
not like much of the stock sold at even 
higher prices. 13c each, $1.50 per doz. 

Loganberry. 

A cross between the Raspberry and 
Blackberry. Not quite so large or sweet 
as the Phenomenal Berry, but a very 
fine berry in every way. 10c each, $1.00 
per doz. 

Cal Surprise and Superlative Rasp¬ 
berries. 

Two new Raspberries of extraordinary 
merit, hearing earlier and longer than 
the best of the older varieties, extra 
large size and fine flavor. Our price, 
either variety, 35c each, $3.25 per doz. 

Morse and Patagonia Strawberries. 
Two NEW Strawberries (Patagonia be¬ 
ing Burbank's latest introduction) of 
extra large size and fine quality. Often 
weighs an ounce or more, solid and 
meaty and pronounced by all berry 
growers who have tried them to be “the 
finest yet.” Our price, either variety, 
$1.00 per doz. 

Dollar Berry. 

Another very fine Strawberry of excel¬ 
lent flavor. This variety does not throw 
out runners, but stools heavily and is 
very productive. 20c per doz. 

Burbank’s True Giant Crimson Winter 
Rhubarb. 

Stalks from 3 fo 5 times as large as the 
old Crimson Winter and as much finer 
in quality as the older variety was over 
the other well-known sorts. Do not 
confuse this variety with such sold as 
Giant, Mammoth, etc., as it has no sim¬ 
ilarity with any previously known va¬ 
riety.as it is distinct in every way. 
Our price. 75e each, 5 for $3.50. Tlie 
older Crimson Winter we sell at 10c 
each. 

All the above deliveries free at 

prices quoted. Make all orders to the 

LENNON SEED & PLANT CO. 
Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, Cal. 







































































PAGE 9 


Chunks for Chinks. 

“All of us together know more than 
any one of us.” Let every man help 
his neighbor. 

Let every man remember that to 
violate a law is to trample on the 
blood of his parents and to tear the 
charter of his own and his childrens’ 
liberties. 

The square deal and the square meal 
seem to go together; then good appe¬ 
tite. 

Definition of a real gentleman: “A 
man that’s clean inside and out; who 
neither looks up to the rich nor down 
to the poor; who can lose without 
squealing and who can win without 
bragging; who is considerate of wo¬ 
men, children and old people; who is 
too brave to lie, too generous to cheat, 
and who takes his share of the world 
and lets other people have theirs. 


In the corporate and competitive 
system of retail trade credit seems to 
be extended most readily to the man 
who needs it the least. In the suc¬ 
cessful co-operative trade the patrons 
all pay one price and cash thus en¬ 
abling the manager to take his cash 
discounts on all purchases; enables 
him to pay on this point alone an an¬ 
nual profit of 14 to 18 per cent back 
to the patrons. Who need that more 
than farmers? What class is better 
able to so co-operate? 


Dangerous to the liberties of the 
people as may be graft and corrup 
tion, or monopoly, there is another 
vice which is rapidly permeating the 
minds of men of all parties and all 
conditions, which may result in great¬ 
er peril to the republic than any or 
all those referred to. It is the spirit 
of cynicism; nothing is more destruc¬ 
tive to the maintenance of high stand¬ 
ards, to the honesty of the citizen 
and official, than to have the finger of 
universal cynicism pointed at him, 
questioning his motives, impeaching 
his acts and challenging his patriot¬ 
ism.—B. F. Spaulding, Member North 
Dakota Supreme Court. 


Special bulletin No. 29 of the Food 
Department of the North Dakota Agri¬ 
cultural College calls attention to the 
increasing use of snuff and its had ef¬ 
fects on the system. It calls atten¬ 
tion to the fact that the Persian gov¬ 
ernment will not allow their custom¬ 
house authorities to pass any carpet 
died with aniline, claiming that it has 
an injurious effect on the fiber and 
weaving quality. Another article calls 
attention to the fact that a barrel of 
flour, costing, say, $3, will make 1,200 
packages of ginger snaps that retail 
at 5 cents a package, making a total 
of $00 to the consumer. 


A proposed law in Colorado com¬ 
pelling farmers to date their eggs 
suggests a classification of hen fruit 
witnessed by the editor once in the 
city of Boston. In a small shop were 
displayed some dozen trays of eggs. 
I do not remember all, but they were 
labeled “cracked,” “candled,” “extra,” 
“fresh,” “extra fresh,” “extra choice,” 
and “guaranteed fresh.” I have often 
wondered what one should ask for 
if he wanted an egg like old Speckle 
laid this morning.—Farmers’ Maga¬ 
zine. 


The gentlemanly, scholarly editor of 
the Chinese paper published in San 
Francisco once took down a young 
Smart Aleck, who had called to sell 
him some paper. Thinking it rather 
cute, the young man said: “By the 
way, what kind of a ‘nese’ are you, a 
Japanese or a Chinese?” The editor, 
who was noted for his wit quite as 
much as for his learning, put on one 
of the blandest smiles- and replied: 
“Before answering your question I 
should like to ask what kind of a 
‘key’ you are, a Yankee, a monkey, 
or just a plain donkey?” 

For many years the farmers, on ac¬ 
count of their stupid indifference to 
conditions, have been placed in the 
latter class, but recent developments 
have caused our cities to change the 
classification and now they call the 
whole bunch of us Yankees.—Ex¬ 
change. _ 


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PAGE 10 


C 0-0 PEKATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911. 


A DFEP PLOT 

CHIPS. 

Here is a news item which some¬ 
how or other slipped through the 
scissors of the editors of our farm 
papers last fall without much chop¬ 
ping 


SALES OF WHEAT 

MAY EASE MONEY 


$75,000,000 Cash Paid to the Farm¬ 
ers Begins to Work Back 
to Centers. 


CREDIT FCR WESTERNERS 


Banks Refuse to Extend Loans and 
Force a Free Movement 
of New Crop. 


It is estimated locally that in 
connection with the movement of 
wheat, western farmers have in 
the last six weeks been paid at 
least $75,000,000 cash. The money 
to pay them has been largely fur¬ 
nished by Chicago, Kansas City, 
St. Louis, Omaha and Minneapolis. 

While it is true that an obliga¬ 
tion to repay the banks has been 
made by the borrowers who paid 
the money to the farmers, still the 
latter have the cash and in larger 
amount at this season of the year 
than is usual. It is thought that 
the condition involved in these 
payments will prove of material 
help to the money situation. 

Considerable credit is given to 
western banks for causing the 
heavy movement of grain. In Kan¬ 
sas City for instance the banks got 
together and agreed to extend the 
loans of the smaller banks but 
thirty days instead of for periods 
of 90 days or six months. 

Forced to Dispose of Grain. 

The result as this was that the 
country banks were unable to con¬ 
tinue carrying obligations which 
could be liquidated through the 
sale of wheat. Those who figured 
on holding the grain for higher 
prices were literally forced to sell 
it and this started the heavy move¬ 
ment to Chicago and the seaboard. 
—Chicago Tribune, Sept 9, 1910. 


“The $75,000,000 Cash Paid to the 
Farmers Begins to AVork Back to 
Centers.” In other words, the grain 
gamblers have the farmers’ wheat, 
and the banks have his money. “Con¬ 
siderable credit is given to western 
banks for causing the heavy move¬ 
ment of grain. In Kansas City for 
instance the banks got together and 
agreed to extend the loans of the 
smaller banks but 30 days, instead of 
90 days or six months.” 

The banks are given credit for 
what? For conspiring to separate 
the farmer and his grain at a loss. 
Owing to the extensive conspiracy, a 
large quantity of what w r as dumped on 
the market, the price during the 
week having fallen over four cents. 

Mr. Farmer, do you see anything 
very creditable in this for you? 

Mr. Farmer, it was principally your 
money deposited in local banks which 
had been shipped to the centers, the 
banks would not loan it to you, but 
they would and did loan it to the gam¬ 
blers to buy your grain- with. - 

Letting the other fellow buy your 
grain, with your money, and at a 
price much helow cost of production. 
The National Government should ap¬ 
point a board of examiners to inquire 
into the mental condition of such 
easy marks. 

No one heard of such conspiracies 
last year. Why? Because through¬ 
out Nebraska and northern Kansas 
the A. S. of E. had some determined 
men at the helm, who nipped in the 
bud a number of similar schemes, 


even before thej* were hatched. At 
the same time the Nebraska farmers 
received more for their wheat, as a 
result of the agitation carried on by 
that handful of men, than they ever 
received in the history of the State. 
AVhat are they receiving this year? 
Compare it with last. 

I would like to ask the Nebraska 
and Kansas farmers if they do not 
believe that it would have been the 
best investment of their lives had 
they kept those men in the field, even 
though they had paid them something, 
instead of expecting them to boost 
the price of wheat, and do it on their 
own resources. The gamblers kept 
better posted on what the western 
farmers w r ere doing than the farmers 
themselves, seeing that the farmers 
shirked the small financial obligation 
of keeping well trained men in the 
field to look after their interests, the 
gamblers saw the golden opportunity 
of again fleecing the farmer good and 
proper, and try to get some of the 
money back that they were compelled 
to pay last year when only nominal 
Equity prices prevailed. I take my 
hat off to the gamblers; they know a 
good thing when they see it, but the 
farmers don’t. M. J. MEYERS. 


The Right Ring. 

Speaking of the discontent which 
exists among farmers, and particularly 
the younger generation, all our boast¬ 
ed prosperity notwithstanding, and the 
remedy for it, the Farmers’ Magazine 
says very sensibly: 

“Organization is the first step. With¬ 
out a solid front no victory can be 
won, and therein lies the difficulty. 

“The magnates of commerce easily 
organize. They form their trusts 
and their gentlemen’s agreements” 
and their manufacturers’ associations. 
Their intelligence and ability has 
evolved a union of forces tremendous 
in its power. 

“The factory worker, mechanic, 
tradesman — all those who labor in 
groups at handwork, have no difficulty 
in presenting an opposing force, and 
through the labor unons they have 
done much to improve their lot. They 
have accomplished big things in ren 
dering their employment safer; in¬ 
creasing wages, in more regular em¬ 
ployment, in shorter hours, in compell¬ 
ing arbitration. Their work is going 
on for their own betterment and of all 
laborers n the same lines. 

Local labor unions unite in the 
American Federat’on of Labor, which 
is built something on the plan cf our 
national government. 

“Owung to peculiar circumstances, 
farmers have never successfully or¬ 
ganized their forces. The Grange, the 
Farmers’ Alliance, the Populist move¬ 
ment and others have all done excel¬ 
lent pioneer work and passed the prob¬ 
lem on to their successors. Three or¬ 


ganizations in existence to-iay are 
struggling to accomplish reforms for 
farmers — the American Society of 
Equity, the Farmers’ Co-operative 
Union anr the patrons of Husbaniry, 
or the Grange. Each is to be com¬ 
mended, and while they have made 
mistakes, just as the labor unions have 
done, they are all building for the 
great federation which is to come. 

“I prophesy that if farmers are ever 
to get together in a solid and effective 
body it will not be in such manner 
as now employed by the associations 
mentioned above. It will be similar to 
the American Federation of Labor, 
which will be composed of hundreds, 
perhaps thousands, of specal organiza¬ 
tions in State and county and by dif¬ 
ferent classes of farmers. The recent 
meetings of ‘Organized Agriculture’ at 
Lincoln show' how this idea' is regard¬ 
ed by Nebraska farmers. I do not see 
any signs of a national consolidation 
of farmers’ associations. It is worth 
considering by earnest members of 
the ‘Guild of Agricolus.’ W T e urge 
thoughtful members of this unorgan¬ 
ized society to add their influence to 
the formation of a national federation 
of farmers. Correspondence is invited 
and suggestions will be entertained.” 

The Farmers’ Magazine has the 
right ring, but is evidently not aware 
of the fact that the American Society 
of Equity appointed the following com¬ 
mittee to take up the matter of con¬ 
solidation of all farmers’ organiza¬ 
tions: Judge D. O. Mahoney, Viro- 
qua, Wis.; T. T. Barrett, Henderson, 
Ky.; Theo. G. Nelson, 2325 North 
Lawndale avenue, Chicago, Ill.—[Edi¬ 
tor. 


real co-operative organizations in the 
United States. 

The demand for this little amend¬ 
ment originated in the committee on 
articles of incorporation and by-law's 
for the Terminal Elevator project for 
the American Society of Equity. After 
some discussion the committee was 
unanimous in requiring that the foun¬ 
dation law's of this organization should 
provide for only one vote to a man re¬ 
gardless of the number of shares of 
stock that each might hold. After 
some discussion in open meeting of 
stockholders, the same action w r as 
taken almost unanimously and the 
legislative committee of the North Da¬ 
kota State Union of the A. S. of E. 
was asked to get busy in an effort to 
have the law's of North Dakota 
amended so as to make this permis- 
sable. The legislative committee con¬ 
sists of J. D. Meyer, Garrison, N. D., 
and J. M. Anderson, secretary and 
treasurer North Dakota State Union. 


The Farmers’ Union of the South 
made February 22 a rally day for all 
of its local unions in every state 
where these exist. Why not have an 
annual National Farmers’ Rally Day, 
just as w r e now' have a Labor Day? 
A day on which not only farmers them¬ 
selves, but all people might be stim¬ 
ulated to give some attention to the 
farmers’ interests, so that the import¬ 
ance of the farmer as a factor in our 
nation may be more fully realized. 


A dreamer lives forever and a toiler 
dies in a day. 


A. S. of E. in North Dakota. 

According to the Equity Farm 
New's, the amendment to the North 
Dakota State law's which the sub¬ 
scribers for stock in the Terminal 
Elevator project asked the North Da¬ 
kota legislature for, have now passed 
both houses and with the Governor’s 
signature will henceforth be the law'. 
With this amendment the laws in 
North Dakota are now among the 
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RECIPROCITY DEFEATED. 

(Continued from Page 3.) 

outs, and shall expect you to vote against 
(he remova lof the tariff on wheat. 

We also would call your attention to the 
bill looking to a reduction of the tax on 
olemargarine, a move In the interests of the 
packing combines against the dairy interests 
of the country. Work and vote against any 
reduction of tax. Very truly yours, 

W. I. LOWTHIAN, 
Secretary South Dakota Union, Amer¬ 
ican Society of Equity. 


Senator P. ,T. McCumber—-‘‘I present a 
resolution from the national organization of 
the American Society of Equity and a reso¬ 
lution from the Kentucky organization. I 
ask that they may be read. They are very 
short.” 

There being no objection, the resolutions 
were read, as follows ; 

By the American Society of Equity, In¬ 
dianapolis, lud. : “Whereas it has come to 
our attention that an attempt is being made 
lo form a sort of exchange or erciprocity 
treaty between the United States and Can¬ 
ada ; and 

“Whereas such treaty would be a great 
benefit to special interests and detrimental 
to-the farmers of the Northwest, and even 
of the United States, therefore be it 

“Resolved, That the American Society of 
Equity, an organization of farmers of the 
United States, in convention assembled at 
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 15, 1910, desires to 
register an emphatic protest against any 
such action, anil that the National Union 
is hereby instructed to transmit a copy of 
this resolution to each State union for ap¬ 
proval and further action.” 

Resolution parsed at the Kentucky State 
meeting: “Wehreas it has come to our at¬ 
tention that by certain commercial and 
manufacturing interests effort is being made 
to have Congress suspend the duty on bar¬ 
ley until the 1st of September next, when 
the next crop of barley will be ready for 
market; and 

“Whereas that will make it possible to 
oflod teh countr ywith barley from foreign 
countries and glut the market for the bar¬ 
ley growers of our own country ; therefore 
be it 

“Resolved, by the members of the Amer¬ 
ican Socity of Equity in Kentucky, in an¬ 
nual State convention assembled this 12th 
day of January, 1911, That we ask all our 
congressmen to vote against the proposed 
temporary suspension of the duty on bar¬ 
ley.” On motion was unanimously adopted. 


To the United Stales Senate ami House of 

Representatives, in Congress Assembled: 

There being before you now for ratifica¬ 
tion or rejection a certain Canadian reci¬ 
procity agreement in which the members of 
our organization arc interested, I beg in 
its behalf- to file with your honorable body, 
as information -and for consideration by the 
members tehreof, the following brief state¬ 
ment of our position on the subject: 

Certain commercial and speculative inter¬ 
ests made an effort to get the farmers of the 
United States to part with their grain corps 
last fall at prices that suited these interests. 
Their program then was only partially suc¬ 
cessful. Knowing what we do about that 
scheme, we have reasons to believe that 
these same interests, prompted by a firm 
determination to make the farmers bow to 
their will, aie -actively supporting the pro¬ 
posed tariff agreement with Canada and are 
using it as a subterfuge with which to 
gather about them more recruits to help 
carry out their deep-laid plot. Trade op¬ 
erations under such an agreement as the 
Canadian reciprocity hill will stop au other¬ 
wise possible increase in the production of 
farm products in the United States propor¬ 
tionate to our increase in population and 
gradually change the source of supply from 
the Mississippi basin to the Western plains 
of Canada. 

With the tariff removed on raw farm 
products, but retained on manufactured ar¬ 
ticles, and the source of supply moved 
farther away from our centers of popula¬ 
tion. it is difficult to see how our brethren 
in the cities are going to profit much from 
any possible reduction in the cost of living. 

The proposed Canadian reciprocity agree¬ 
ment is a nefarious concoction by manufac¬ 
turers and middlemen, which, if swallowed 
by Congress, will bo a means of widening 
the already wide chasm between producer 
and consumer rather than causing any ma¬ 
terial reduction in the cost of living. Re¬ 
gardless of whether the farmers now are 
free traders or protectionists, it must be 
admitted that after having helped to build 
up “infant manufacturing industries” by 
their stand on the tariff question it is base 
ingratitude, to say the least, on the part 
of manufacturers and the agencies that 
work with them to ask that the protection 
wall he torn down in front of raw farm 
products and retained on the manufactured 
articles. 

When the commercial interests of our 
country will come within a mile of sacrific¬ 
ing what the farmers are asked to sacrifice 
in this reciprocity proposition, for the sake 
of inaugurating a national reciprocity pol¬ 
icy. the farmers will be found actively 
supporting such a move. But until such a 
time comes I Relieve the American farmer 
will take bis cue from George Elliott’s little 
epigram : 

“Self-sacrifice is well enough, but don’t 
give yourself to be melted over for the tal¬ 
low trade.” 

Tf the staement that farming is the foun¬ 
dation unon which our country’s prosperity 
and welfare depends is a fact, and not only 
a bandy theme for poetry and political 
oratory, then the ratification of the Cana¬ 
dian reciprocity bill is equivalent to killing 
the goose that laid the golden egg or driving 
a wiling horse .to death. 

I betevo that the mass of consumers of 


farm products in our cities will agree with 
me that it Ls true that if the farmer is 
stunned the rest of the people will be 
stunted, and that if they have time to give 
the matter careful consideration they will 
join hands with the farmers in asking our 
Representatives in Congress, by mail and 
otherwise, to turn down the proposed Ca¬ 
nadian tariff agreement and demand in the 
place of that political sop that Congress 
provide without delay for a gradual, genu¬ 
ine and fair reduction of the tariff, or at 
least a reciprocity proposition that has a 
semblance of “reciprocity” in it for all par¬ 
ties concerned. The farmers that compose 
our organization protest most emphatically 
against the ratification and believe it not 
only their duty, but their privilege, to ask 
their friends lo show their friendship, not 
only- by having their votes unmistakably re¬ 
corded against the ratification of this agree¬ 
ment, but by hard work against it as well. 

GRAIN GROWERS' DEPARTMENT, 
NATIONAL UNION, A. S. OF E., 
Theo. G. Nelson, President. 


Senator Knute Nelson—“I present a reso¬ 
lution of the Commercial Club of Elbow 
Lake. Minn., relating to Canadian reci¬ 
procity. It is very short. I ask that it may 
eh read and referred to the committee oil 
finance.” 

There being no objection, the resolution 
was read, as follows : 

“At a meeting of citizens of Elbow Lake 
an vicinity Jan. 28, 1911. under the au¬ 
spices of the Commercial Club, the follow¬ 
ing resolution was unanimously adopted : 

“Whereas there is pending hi the Congress 
of the United States a tariff reciprocity 
agreement which ,if confirmed by Congress, 
will admit free of duty Canadian farm 
products, such as wheat, rye, oats, barley, 
flax seed, cattle, hogs, sheep, horses and all 
other animals, including poultry, both dead 
and alive, and also butter,, cheese, milk, 
cream, eggs, honey, beans, peas, potatoes, 
aerrots. turnips and all vegetables, includ¬ 
ing onions, while the duty is retained on all 
manufactured products, as. for instance, on 
binders, mowers, jlows and other farm im¬ 
plements, the tariff is 15 per cent., and 
hay loaders, hay tedders, rollers and wind 
mills are taxed 20 per cent. ; and 

“Wehreas all the advantages that the 
farmer now enjoys under the present pro¬ 
tective tariff will he, by the proposed reci¬ 
procity agreement, swept away and the 
farmer will receive no benefit in return, 
therefore be it 

“Resolved, That we arc strenuously op¬ 
posed to the proposed agreement, and that 
we earnestly urge our senators—Hon. Knute 
Nelson and lion. Moses E. Clapp—and our 
representative—lion. A. .T. Volstead—to pre¬ 
vent the confirmation of the agreement; and 
that we further request our senator and rep¬ 
resentatives in the Minnesota Legislature — 
Hon. Edward Rustad, Hon. Lewis C. Spooner 
and jHon. J. E. Peterson—to present the 
matter to the Legislature in appropriate 
form, taht the Legislature may pass a 
resolution opposing the reciprocity agree¬ 
ment and memorialize Congress not to con¬ 
firm the same.” 


“My Peace I Leave With You/’ 

A few figures to remember, as to 
the burden on the American people for 
an aimed peace. On our retired 
army officers’ list are 256 brigadiers, 
37 major generals, 8 lieutenant-gen¬ 
erals, on a total pay roll of about 
$1,500,000. From the navy, 141 re¬ 
tired rear admirals, 25 commanders. 
They were well paid when in active 
service bossing the under officers, who 
bossed the privates who did the work 
at about fifty cents a day. Four mil¬ 
lion who want work are unemployed. 
Over 12,000,000 receive charity. Over 
70 per cent of the entire expense of 
running the government has gone an¬ 
nually into pensions, maintenance and 
extension of navy and army. It 
would seem that such conditions must 
stop or precipitate an economic revo¬ 
lution. Henry Clews has stated: “A 
strong, hostile public opinion has been 
created against our corporations and 
it is conceded that their combina¬ 
tion might threaten the supremacy of 
the government. A few men control¬ 
ling the destinies of millions can not 
reasonably be expected to be perma¬ 
nent/’ Again he says: “The excess¬ 
ive centralization of industries is in 
violent conflict with the principle of 
this government, which aims at equal¬ 
ity of opportunity to all.” 

President Schuman of Cornell Uni¬ 
versity says: “Past, present and fu¬ 
ture, our war expenses eat up two- 
thirds of all our national revenues. 
Say what you will for war, for myself 
I am no Quaker, the present condi¬ 
tion of the civili^pT world is a dis¬ 
grace to Chrstendom and a# outrage 
on humanity.” 

R. H. ALDRICH. 


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CO-OPERATORS' GUIDE. MARCH, 1911, 



Timber Cooley Local Union, A. S. of E. 


A HUNTING TRIP 

(Continued from Page 4.) 

study of the financial condition of the 
National Union, this Executive Board 
gave an official public indorsement of 
the bond issue and urged members of 
the Society in that state to rise to the 
occasion and take their share of the 
bonds. 

With this preparation made, it was 
for the hunter to get into the field as 
quickly as possible. I had already 
learned that a meeting was to be held 
in the Cook Valley Union on the fol¬ 
lowing Saturday. It is of this local 
union that our well-known Uncle Tom 
Emmerton is a member. 

After adjournment of the Menomo¬ 
nee meeting Uncle Tom kindly invit¬ 
ed me to go home with him and be 
ready for the Cook Valley meeting. 
After a short ride on the train and 
a half hour ride on the electric car 
that night, we landed at Chippewa 
Falls, about midnight. After a good 
night’s rest and a breakfast with 
nice, fresh eggs, milk and cream, and 
a good venison steak. Uncle Tom 
hitched up his horse and we drove 
across the country seventeen miles 
to his home. It was a beautiful day 
and the roads were good. One born 
and raised in the country, and having 
tasted the disagreeableness of city 
life, could hardly fail to realize that 
was Thanksgiving Day. 

When ushered into the Emmerton 
home and introduced to Sarah, Uncle 
Tom’s life-long helpmate. 1 knew it 
was Thanksgiving Day. 1 thought of 
my folks-—the old homestead and the 
Thanksgiving Days gone before. 

The following day was spent in 
making preparations for a meeting 
of the local union at Colfax on the 
following Monday. It was here that 
I induced Mrs. Geo. W. Emmerton to 
conduct the Country Sisters’ Circle 
in our paper. Meetings were also ar¬ 
ranged for at Eagle Point, Boyd and 


Humbird. Saturday, Uncle Tom drove 
ten miles to Bloomer and back in a 
blistering cold wind. He went there 
to meet Joe Carnahan, of Black River 
Falls, who was to be the speaker of 
the evening at the Cook Valley local 
union meeting. 

When the evening for the meeting 
came, we were taken to the Farmers’ 
hall, located less than a mile from 
Uncle Tom’s place. Here was a busy 
crowd of men, women and children. 
Children were playing. We heard the 
rattle of dishes. The stimulating 
scent of boiling coffee and fried chick- 
en helped to make good cheer, a 
chicken supper and basket ball had 
been scheduled in connection with the 
equity meeting. 

The girls who played in the teams 
played with a vim and vigor that only 
country girls can play. Mrs. John 
Prince umpired the game with all the 
dignity, firmness and alertness of a 
professional base ball umpire. 

After a brief literary program, 
which Uncle Tom opened by the read¬ 
ing of an article from the Farm Advo¬ 


cate entitled “A Millionaire’s Speech,” 
followed by an address by Mr. Carna¬ 
han, the writer entered upon his mis¬ 
sion to sell bonds. Before the 
meeting adjourned that night, which 
was not until two o’clock in the morn¬ 
ing, the men members of the union 
had taken nineteen bonds and the la¬ 
dies who had sold the supper, took 
one bond in addition to paying the ex¬ 
penses of the occasion, making a to¬ 
tal of twenty bonds. (This local un¬ 
ion has now challenged all other local 
unions in the United States to do as 
well as they.) 

The hunting trip was continued by 
first attending the meeting scheduled 
at Eagle Point, where Brother Car¬ 
nahan and the writer enjoyed the 
hospitality of the home of Mr. and 
Mrs. Hunt. Mr. Hunt is an old lum¬ 
berman and finds considerable pleas¬ 
ure in not only telling tales of those 
days, but in using some of the lum¬ 
bermen’s pet expressions whenever 
an occasion arises. The morning 
after the meeting, Hunt stuck his 
head into our room and called “grub 
pile.” This reminded me of a morning 
in the busy threshing season on a 
western grain farm, where I have 
been used to both giving and hearing, 
since I was big enough to ride a horse 
hitched to one end of a straw buck¬ 
ing pole, the command “roll out,” be¬ 
fore daylight in the morning. 

At Boyd the patriots were lead by 
L. A. Turner. Here, as at Eagle 
Point, a great many of the farmers, 
loyal to their own interests, assembled 
and subscribed liberally for the pur¬ 
chase of bonds. 

At Humbird, P. A. Hemmy, secre¬ 
tary of the County Union, took 
us into his care. We drove out to his 
farm for dinner. (The city folks call 
this meal “luncheon.”) Mrs. Hemmy is 
of German descent and, like other 
Germans, knows how to get up a good 
meal and it need not be said, to those 
who know me personally, that I know 


how to get away with a good meal. 

In the afternoon the scheduled meet¬ 
ing took place at. the city hall at Hum- 
bird. Here a number of bonds were 
also purchased. The next day a 
meeting was billed for Taylor. While 
spending the evening at Mr. Hemmy’s 
house, I had occasion to attend a Wis¬ 
consin country schoolhouse basket so¬ 
cial. The teacher. Miss Anderson, 
had prepared a very entertaining pro¬ 
gram. I have very seldom, if ever, 
seen children who played their parts 
as bravely as did these youngsters. 
Hemmy officiated as auctioneer and 
everybody had a jolly good time until 
late in the evening. 

The meeting at Taylor was a fail¬ 
ure. The announcement that a meet¬ 
ing would be held had gone out with¬ 
out specifying in what particular 
building or place the meeting would 
be held and it seems that a number 
of people were relying upon each other 
to look out for that and the old story 
of “everybody’s business is nobody’s 
business" did its work. To further pre¬ 
vent- assembling -the people for the 


meeting, our train was over an hour 
and a half late, making it almost 
chore time before we arrived at Tay¬ 
lor. 

’ That night I boarded the train for 
Indianapolis, where I had to get busy 
and prepare the December issue of 
the national organ. 

Thus endeth the story of the first 
hunt for patriots, after selling over 
$800 worth of bonds. 

THE SECOND HUNT. 

The second hunt took me to scenes 
upon which important parts in the 
making of our country’s history have 
been played. Every child in the land 
is familiar with old Kentucky’s early 
reputation for producing statesmen of 
high quality. It was a meeting of 
the Kentucky State Union of the 
American Society of Equity at Bowling 
Green, Ky. The courtesy, hospitality, 
eloquence and patriotism that charac¬ 
terized the pioneers of Kentucky ac¬ 
cording to history written in books 
and told from father to son, are as 
much the characteristics of the pres¬ 
ent generation as of the generations 
gone before. The Bowling Green 
Equity people had provided for the 
keeping of all delegates and officers 
free of charge. 

If the rank and file of the membership 
of the Society and farmers in general 
throughout Kentucky were as self- 
sacrificing and as diligent in the per¬ 
formance of the great work that must 
be done to put “Farmers to the Front” 
as are the leaders who constituted that 
convention, Kentucky would not have 
lost in strength last • year. (At the 
rate they have commenced to rally 
around the standard of the American 
Society of Equity now, it will not be 
long before old Kentucky will again 
occupy her once powerful position in 
the National Union.) 

The Kentucky State convention 
proved to be a sort of a round-up of 
just the kind of patriots that I was 
looking for. With the assistance of 
President Sharp and many others, 
$625 worth of bonds were sold in less 


than two hours. Delegates from 
counties and members from local un- 
nions took upon themselves the re¬ 
sponsibility of getting their respect¬ 
ive unions to take one or more bonds. 

After the strenuous work of the con¬ 
vention was over, Squire Rennick took 
us under his guidance and showed us 
the old forts that were once confed¬ 
erate ‘ strongholds. On the ruins of 
one of these is being built now what 
will be a most thoroughly equipped, 
modern state normal school. It is an 
interesting sign of the times and a 
proof of the passing of bloody wars to 
note that where once soldiers were 
training in the use of guns as a means 
of shaping the policies of the nation, 
teachers are now being trained as a 
means of developing the intelligence 
of the present and coming generations 
so that, national policies may be 
shaped and all differences settled 
without the use of bullets and powder. 

Our readers who do not raise to¬ 
bacco will be interested in the photo¬ 
graph of a load of tobacco taken on 
the street in front of the court house 
at Bowling Green during one day of 
the convention. 

While this trip, like all hunting 
trips, was a strenuous one, the stren¬ 
uousness of it passed away soon, while 
the pleasures and profits will be re¬ 
membered long. 

THIRD HUNT. 

The third hunt for patriots cov^ 
ered a briefer space of time, but was 
more spirited while it lasted and pro¬ 
duced greater results. The center 
from which I operated on this hunt 
was Westby, Wis, This proved to be 
a stamping ground for the kind of 
patriots that I was looking for. Judge 
Mahoney, of Viroqua, the first station 
south of Westby, was the first one to 
enroll his name for the purchase of a 
bond. 

While there are many patriots at 
Westby, they are not all patriots there, 
either, and, like hunters often have 
to do, it was necessary for me to get 
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[Special Dispatch by Epitomlst llcporter.] 

With a foresight equal to that one might expect 
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closed a deal that gives her complete control of *0,000 
acres of land on the west coast of Florida. 

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owned by the North Tampa Land Company, a well- 
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ideal spot—the spot where nature has prepared a 
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increased production of bounteous crops by the army 
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Iowa . 12.22 

Missouri . 9.38 

‘Illinois . 12.48 

Ohio . 13.30 

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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911 


A UNIVERSITY FOR COOPERATION 


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ated and developed so as to be able 
to make a prompt use of such. To 
the vast majority of people oppor¬ 
tunity does not come, or, if it does 
come, most persons are not qualmed 
to make use of it. Co-operation is 
the leveling of opoprtunity. Those not 
so intensely selfish, those not so alert 
of mind as that class who are able to 
make a great success of corporations, 
may through co-operation secure op¬ 
portunity which is lacking unuer the 
principles of competition. Co-opera? 
tion combining the means of small 
capitalists and the earning capacity 
of a great number of -individuals, not 
necessarily the most expert can and 
actually does make the ordinary indi¬ 
vidual comparatively free and inde¬ 
pendent in his labor. 

Again, it is certain that some other 
agency than any now at work must 
be set in motion in order that courage 
and independence, which lie at the 
basis of all incentive and initiative, 
may not be crushed out and destroyed. 
It must be evident to any one that 
present conditions are not now really 
promotive of these two factors. 

Mr. James Wilson, Secretary of the 
Agricultural Department of the United 
Staes, in a letter issued from Wash¬ 
ington, dated Dec. 7, 1910, urges that 
co-operation of farmers and consum¬ 
ers is a remedy for the high prices of 
commodities now existing. The rein¬ 
forcement of this idea from so high a 
source is a welcome and valuable ad¬ 
dition to the promotion of the great 
movement of co-operation in America. 

These suggestions here given are 
but few of many which may be stated 
as the reason why co-operation is the 
next and most important step to be 
taken. 

Has Co-Operation Proved a Success? 

The briefest possible answer to this 
question is that in Great Britain, Ger¬ 
many, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Fin¬ 
land, Norway, Belgium, France, Russia 
and Switzerland co-operation has 
worked revolutions such as cannot be 
dreamed of or imagined by those who 
have not thoroughly explored what has 
been done. For instance, the great¬ 
est distributive mercantile business of 
the earth is that of the co-operative 
wholesale societies of Great Britain, 
which have distributed over $9,000,- 
000,000 of merchandise since their be¬ 
ginning. The greatest banking sys¬ 
tem of the world, the People’s Banks 
of Germany, have revolutionized Ger¬ 
many and have made it the paradise 
of small manufacturers. The greatest 
dairy business of the earth is that of 
Danish co-operative societies. The 
greatest fruit-shipping business of 
America or of the world is the South¬ 
ern California Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation. These are just a few illus¬ 
trations given to show the vast possi¬ 
bilities of co-operation when properly 
introduced. But these institutions 
have done far more than to produce 
simply material results, useful as 
these have been. The very greatest 
success of the co-operative movement 
has been in the intellectual and moral 
uplift which has constantly followed it. 

Has Co-Operation Been Tried in 
America? 

There is a long history of such in¬ 
stitutions in America, some of which 
have been successful, but more have 
proved failures. The most notable and 
splendid examples of success are such 
as the Tamarach Co-operative Store 
of Calumet, Mich; the Co-operative 
Department Store of Providence, R. 
I.; the Amana Colony of Homestead, 
la.; the Fruit Growers’ Assiciation of 
Southern California; the Ruskin Co¬ 
operative College of Ruskin, Fla. In 
the limits of a brief article it is not 
possible to enumerate the successful 
ones, while to enumerate the unsuc¬ 
cessful ones would furnish a list of dis¬ 
asters that would be really appalling. 
Heroic and devoted souls have conse¬ 
crated their lives and splendid abili¬ 
ties to such service, and yet in the 
majority of cases co-operative institu¬ 
tions have failed. 


Let us now point to some of the 
causes of failure. First, those pro¬ 
moting these idealisms are filled with 
an intense spirit and love for human¬ 
ity, but are not always equipped with 
business ability and knowledge of all 
difficulties to be overcome, so as to 
compare with competing concerns. It 
does not matter how high the spirit 
of altruism may be, no effort of this 
kind can succeed unless it is based 
upon business principles. 

In the second place, many of the 
forms of co-operation attempted were 
not consistent with the spirit and tem¬ 
per of our people. The more com¬ 
munistic forms failed in America be¬ 
cause of this fact in every case. Even 
some of the most successful at first 
afterward failed for this very reason. 
Also many of the ideas adopted from 
other countries failed to take root 
here. 

Thirdly, our people, who are bred in 
the midst of a fierce competitive spirit, 
cannot at once be taught the diner- 
ence between competition and co¬ 
operation. It takes time, effort and 
development to produce co-operators 
such as are not born or developed in a 
short time. 

Fourth, and greatest reason, the 
laws of our States in a majority of 
cases, are not only hostile to such 
institutions, but are in fact intensely 
destructive. The writer of this ar¬ 
ticle, although not a lawyer, spent an 
evening a week for three years in the 
greatest law library of America, 
studying State laws governing corpo¬ 
rations ,and especially in reference 
to co-operative institutions. At this 
time (five years ago) but two States 
in this country had laws that might in 
the least degree be considered per¬ 
missive to co-operation. In Wiscon¬ 
sin the State University had united 
with the law-making power to,produce 
fairly satisfactory laws. In California 
there had been developed a spirit of 
co-operation favorable to the success¬ 
ful development of this idea, and 
those who understood what co-opera¬ 
tion meant helped to make the laws. 
In Micihgan the laws are fairly per¬ 
missive, but certainly would not have 
been utilized by a less determined 
people than those who came from Eng¬ 
land and those who form the stock¬ 
holders of the Tamarack Co-operative 
Association and other associations of 
like character. In Iowa the laws 
would scarcely have been accepted by 
a less bull-dog element than the Hol¬ 
land people who form the Amana col¬ 
ony. But even in these States such 
laws are only a faint imitation of the 
great permissive laws of Great Brit¬ 
ain, Germany, France, Belgium, Swe¬ 
den and Denmark. When shown the 
law governing co-operative associa¬ 
tions of Great Britain, Mr. Harvey B. 
Hurd, compiler of the statutes of the 
State of Illinois, said to the writer: 
“What would you have, the earth?” 
So strangely does such a permissive 
law strike a jurist used to the laws of 
America governing corporations which 
are designed to be (or this used to be 
so) restrictive of freedom of develop¬ 
ment. Hon. Carroll C. Bonney, the 
promoter of the Parliament of Re¬ 
ligions. used v to say: “Laws such as 
those of the State of Illinois seem to 
be maliciously constructed to insure 
the destruction of such organiza¬ 
tions.” 

Federal Law Necessary. 

Again, considering the question of 
laws, it may be said that co-operative 
institutions will never reach then- 
highest perfection until we have a de¬ 
partment of government ’granting 
charters for them and supervising 
their work. European countries have 
a vast advantage over us in Amer¬ 
ica in this respect. To make co-opera¬ 
tive institutions successful they must 
be nation wide, and not organized in 
a State simply, as is the case in this 
country. Indeed, the first and prime 
need is a federal law that shall not 
only be permissive, but shall be un¬ 
der such supervision that co-operative 
institutions may not be allowed to go 
astray. There must be a commission 


to safeguard and oversee their work 
and give them wise counsel. 

Then, most of all, there must be a 
means by which societies can suspend 
when in debt, and not simply be forced 
out of existence ,as is now the case 
in nearly all the States. If it had not 
been for this principle of suspension 
nearly a thousand institutions would 
have failed in Great Britain which 
have paid every obligation and are 
now successfully continuing their 
work. Take, for illustration, the Rus¬ 
kin Society of Tennessee, which was 
forced out of business when it really 
had an abundance of means, if safe¬ 
guarded and taken care of, to have 
provided every one there with a liv¬ 
ing and to have made them secure for 
life. As a matter of fact, the people 
of the United States were compelled 
to pay the railroad fares of these peo¬ 
ple in order to get them away from 
Ruskin, and they had not one dollar 
left out of a fund which should have 
been very great. 

As previously stated, an effort to 
provide a law permitting federal in¬ 
corporation of co-operative institu¬ 
tions was made several years ago. 
The writer of this article was request¬ 
ed by Mr. W. M. Hays, of the Agricul¬ 
tural Department, to assist in the 
preparation of such a law. Together 
with J. Burritt Smith, of Madison, 
Wis., such a law was prepared pro¬ 
viding for federal incorporation of co¬ 
operative institutions and a commis¬ 
sion of supterintendents who should 
issue charters and supervise the work. 
Such a bill was presented in the Sen¬ 
ate by Senator Hansborough. of North 
Dakota, but was not passed. There¬ 
fore there is no remedy at this time 
excepting that which may be afforded 
by an institution as is provided at 
Crystola. There are already engaged 
in the interest of this work a number 
of the students of the subject. These 
may be brought together and even a 
summer’s work and the publicity com¬ 
ing from it may accomplish great re¬ 
sults. 

Again, the co-operative spirit must 
be developed, and it can only be de¬ 
veloped by practice. Therefore, under 
the wise guidance of exjpert persons, 
co-operative work will be accom¬ 
plished wihch will really result in 
something. Who can estimate the re¬ 
sult of such a centralization^nd focal- 
ization of thought as will be developed 
under such circumstances? i 

Why a Co-operative University to 

Teach and Promote Co-Operation? 

It is evident to the studenjs of co¬ 
operation that this country,.:is yet in 
the primary department of" this sub¬ 
ject. As yet we have not; developed 
a form of co-operative institution 
adapted to the genius of our people. 
Each country where co-operation has 
succeeded seems to have founed a 
form which worked better there than 
elsewhere. No particular form has 
been completely successful here. 
There has never been a place where 
this thought has been focalized and 
centralized as is necessary to procure 
scuccess. Co-operative institutions In 
America are singurlarly apart from 
each other. Prof. W. m'. Hays, of the 
Agricultural Department,, together 
with the writer of this article, en¬ 
deavored to provide a remedy for this 
singular state of affairs, but neither 
we nor any one else has been able as 
yet to bring .the co-operative institu¬ 
tions together into a federated body 
where they might understand the work 
of the other and assist each other. 

What might be a possible economic 
value of such a university as is pro¬ 
posed at Crystola? In fact, this would 
be inestimable, and should the gov¬ 
ernment find it possible to spend one 
hundred million dollars as a subsidy 
for this or a similar undertaking the 
price would still be very cheap to the 
country, taking the history of the 
United States for the .next fifty years. 
As an illustration that this statement 
is probably not extravagant, we may 
take into consideration the fact that 
in Chicago and vicinity there has been 
lost to the people through bad in¬ 
vestments in undertakings which were 
called “co-operative,” but which were 
in fact corporations organized under 


the ordinary laws, a sum of not less 
than $10,000,000 in the course of ten 
years. 

The people were misled into these 
undertakings through the use of the 
name “Co-operative,” which is a good 
term to juggle with. The loss and 
waste through bad investments occa¬ 
sioned by bad judgment or bad con¬ 
duct will certainly be a sum vastly in 
excess of $100,000,000 through the use 
of this term “co-operation” in enter¬ 
prises which will certainly be under¬ 
taken within these years. 

If now in place of those haphazard 
investments and misguided or mis¬ 
directed enterprises the people have 
an opportunity to invest in wisely 
conducted and genuinely co-operative 
institutions, this vast sum will not 
only be saved, but in all probability 
a still larger fund would be accumu¬ 
lated. A group of real students who 
are intensely earnest to develop this 
thought may thus effect this great 
revolution. 


WHO SHOULD GET THE WEALTH? 

If wealth consists of the material 
necessities which make life useful and 
enjoyable, and if labor creates these 
necessities, then who is entitled to 
them ? 

We have brought out the fact that 
a few individual owners, who do noth¬ 
ing, get the wealth, and that labor, 
that produces all, is deprived of its 
creation. 

When one man made a pair of 
shoes all by himself, then those shoes 
were his own. No one questions his 
right to own them. 

Now, when one hundred men make 
shoes, these shoes are taken away 
from them by an individual owner or 
a company, and these hundred men 
do not own the shoes they make nor 
their equivalent. 

Are not these hundred as much en¬ 
titled to their product as the one in¬ 
dividual shoemaker was entitled to 
his own shoes after he had made 
them? 

Could not these hundred men own 
together as well as work together? 

Those Mho produce should get what 
they produce or its equivalent. 

Should the idle owner get Miiat the 
industrious workers make? 

By what reason? 

Why should the Armours and 
Swifts own the meat after labor has 
prepared it? 

Why should the McCormicks and 
Deerings own the harvesting machin¬ 
ery after labor has manufactured it? 

Why should Carnegie own the iron 
and steel after the workers have pro¬ 
duced it? 

Why should the Pullman company 
own the {sleepers after the workers 
have built them? 

Why. should the Belmonts own the 
mansions after labor has constructed 
them? 

It is the conundrum of the ages. 

Some say that these owners furnish 
the capital.^* 

But M'here did they get the capital? 
Did they earn it? Did they tvork for 
it Mfith muscle or mind? 

Labor, that produces food, is en¬ 
titled to food—the best. After labor 
is feasted then you might talk about 
throwing a (yust to the lazy, idle non¬ 
producers. 

Labor, that produces the clothing, 
is entitled -to the clothing—the best 
there is. After labor is M r ell dressed, 
then shoddy stuff might, be cast to 
the idlers who do nothing. 

Labor, that produces houses and 
mansions, is entitled to live in them 
—live in the finest ones. After labor 
is well housed, the parasites of the 
Vanderbilt class and the tramp class 
might be alloM ; ed a shack. 

Labor, that-produces libraries and 
schools, is entitled to an education— 
the best. After that, teach the loaf¬ 
ers to get busy and do some useful 
work and come into the ranks of the 
civilized portion of the race. 

Labor, that provides for luxuries 
and comforts, freedom and enjoyment 
is entitled to them—to the best. 

Labor, and the children of labor 
and all other children, are entitled to 
the good things that labor creates and 
to the joys that may come to an 
emancipated working class. 













CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911. 


PAGE 15 


PROCEEDINGS NATIONAL CON¬ 
VENTION, A. S. OF E. 

(Concluded from February Issue.) 

Mr. Butler, of Ohio—I publish a paper. 
It is an Equity paper. I feel that there is 
nothing else of more importance in the 
progress of Equity work than a good 
weekly newspaper. I came here to ask this 
convention to make a paper that 1 will 
start. 

1 would not run it under the name of my 
paper, and not under the name of “Equity 
Farm Journal/’ but I will give it a suitable 
name, issue it weekly and issue it at a 
certain hour every week, not miss a week 
or a month, but run it regularly—put it in 
the postoffice at 5 o'clock on ,a certain day. 
The subscription price we will make 50 
cents a year to all, as it is now. Now that 
there is a new department to be taken in 
and more work to be done, it seems to me 
there is nothing more important than that 
we have a weekly newspaper. There is 
certainly no other way to bring the people 
together as well as through a newspaper. 
I hope you will take some action towards 
having an official organ that is a weekly 
and that is a good one. Some of ns at Cin¬ 
cinnati, myself and associates, are willing 
to organize an association with $20,000 
capital to publish such a paper. I think a 
great many, if not the majority, of the 
delegates here know of my work in Equity 
and of my loyalty to Equity, and so that is 
all I have to say about the matter. 

President Sharp—Gentlemen, what is the 
pleasure of the body? I believe there was 
something left over from last evening to be 
taken up this morning. 

A Member—Yes. the motion to adopt the 
constitution as amended. 

President Sharp—Yes. I suppose this is 
the proper time to take it up. The question 
is on the motion for the final adoption of 
the constitution as amendedf. Arc you 
ready for the question? 

Carried, and constitution adopted as 
amended. 

Mr. Slaughter, of Wsconsin—To provide 
for any verbal mistakes that may he found 
in the amendments I move you that the 
Board of Directors he authorized to correct 
any mistakes of verbage and conflicting sec¬ 
tions that may he found as finally trans¬ 
cribed from the notes of the stenographer. 

On motion of Mr. Wilkinson, of Minne¬ 
sota, the convention proceeded to the elec¬ 
tion of officers. 

Mr. Wilkinson—Now. if nominations are 
in order I want to make a nomination. I 
have not consulted with anybody. I wish 
fo nominate Mr. M. F. Sharp as president 
to succeed himself. 

Nomination seconded by Mr. Ilalcigh, of 
Minnesota. 

Mr. Slaughter, of Wisconsin—1 am glad 
that Minnesota has nominated Mr. Sharp, 
and as snokesmnn for the Wisconsin delega¬ 
tion 1 wish to sav that he has simply done 
what Wisconsin had already decided by a 
vote of its delegates to-day. It is true, 
there have been many things said in this 
convention, some of them harsh. Perhaps 
% even some things said that there was not 
sufficient warrant for. Be that as it may. 
Wp believe that those who made them made 
I hem honestly, and we believe that those 
who differed did so honestly, and we don’t 
believe that there is a feeling of disunion, 
as was suggested here last night, and Wis¬ 
consin takes special pleasure in seconding 
the nomination of the national president, 
M. F. Sharp. That he has the qualifications 
to go into I lie field and properly represent 
us there is beyond any question. That he 
is able to stand before the farmers of this 
c untry and expound the principles of the 
organization goes without saying, because, 
as I stated here yesterday, or at least since 
the convention began, he delivered in our 
State convention the ablest address T have 
ever listened to, excepting none. That he is 
honest we do not question, and that is of 
more importance with us than even ability 
in this office, because ability without, hon¬ 
esty would be a castrophy to the organiza¬ 
tion. I therefore take great pleasure as 
spokesman of the Wisconsin delegation in 
seconding his nomination. 

Mr Lockhart, ef Indiana—I am sure all 
of the Equity men from the section of coun¬ 
try in which I live would have been ready 
to second the nomination of F. M. Sharp. 

Delegate from North Dakota— The senti¬ 
ments expressed by Minnesota and Wiscon¬ 
sin are the sentiments of North Dakota in 
regard to the nomnation of Mr. Sharp. 

Vice-President Emmcrton—Is this to be 
taken by ballot? 

Air. Wilkinson—If there are no other 
nominations, if it is the proper way. I move 
you that the secretary of this convention 
hp instructed to cast the ballot for Mr. 
Sharn for president for the ensuing year. 

Delegate from Kentucky—As far as the 
Kentucky delegation is concerned, we have 
po question to raise as the honestv and 
ability of Mr. Sharp for president of this 
National Union, but we did object to his 
election gs the president on the ground that 
lie is worth more to the State Union, and 
especial]v to our State, as organizer, keeping 
him in the field all the time, than as our 
national president. Further than that we 
would not vote against Mr. Sharp. 

Mr Slaughter—Is there any reason in 
the world why the national president can 
pot stnv in the field if it is necessary? I 
can not' believe that Kentucky is so selfish 
that she is going to refuse to give ns one 
of her ablest members for the National 
Union, and T shall not believe that until 
you have registered your vote on the sub¬ 
ject. 

Kentucky delegation withdrew from the 
convention for a short time, asking that 
the vot<* he held. 

Mr. Watson, of Kentucky—We have con¬ 
sented to accept the nomination of Minne¬ 
sota and the second of Wisconsin, and we 
cast our vote for the man whom they have 


nominated for president of the American 
Society of Equity. 

Vice-President Emmerton — Very good, 
Kentucky. Now I suppose it would be in 
order tliat the secretary cast the vote for 
Mr. Sharp. 

Secretary Klump—I now cast the vote of 
the convention for Mr. M. F. Sharp for 
president of the American Society of Equity 
for the current year. 

Vice-President Emmerton—I declare Mr. 
Sharp the president. 

Mr. M. F. Sharp—Mr. President, fellow- 
delegates, gentlemen of the convention : I 
haven’t words to express the appreciation 
of confidence that you have expressed 
in your humble servant this morning. But 
I want to say, gentlemen, that this is a 
position I have never sought. I have never 
sought any kind of a position or any kind 
of an office in this organization. 1 have 
never asked any man to use his influence in 
getting me a position, aud the only hesi¬ 
tancy I had in this matter is that you can 
get a more competent, more able and a 
more deserving man for president than I 
feel that I am. Now. there is another con¬ 
sideration—I do not like to be placed in a 
position where there is a service to be per¬ 
formed and then be placed in a positiou 
that that service cannot be rendered, and 
then be criticized if it is not rendered. 1 
said in reply to Mr. Slaughter’s motion 
to put this on a daily basis, unless a man 
can give his time and efforts to the work it 
is absolutely impossible to keep up and meet 
the issues in the field that he will he ex¬ 
pected to meet. In order to keep up with 
the shifting scenes and changing views, 
and to anticipate the schemes of the manip . 
ulators and enemies of this organization, it 
requires his time—all his waking hours and 
his dreams that might be favorable. If 
you expect me to do this I cannot farm and 
do it. If I must go home and take up the 
farm work, then I cannot do you the serv¬ 
ice that you deserve to have done. I have 
just simply worked and sacrificed as long 
as I can. God knows I am willing, but l 
cannot do more, and I kuow the financial 
condition of the organization, and I know 
that it is only by a great effort that you 
can make it possible for me. Not being 
an office-seeker or a place-seeker, I was 
loth to take it. And if we are going to do 
the great work that this organization ought 
to do, then we must have the earnest co¬ 
operation of every official of the locals of 
the counties and of the State unions all 
over the country, and then of every mem¬ 
ber at arge. If we are a united body and 
propose to stand together, then when criti¬ 
cisms conic hereafter we will stop this mis¬ 
erable practice of giving sanction to such 
an impression. Jesus Christ himself could 
not please the people when He was here, 
and I don’t expect t<> do it. I will be criti¬ 
cised. Let us he loyal, and when these 
criticisms come, let us make a man show 
his hand that comes with them. That’s 
my style. Gentlemen, I thank you for the 
confidence you have expressed in that you 
have given me the position. 

Mr. Wilkinson—I might be indulged about 
a minute because I have criticised, but *1 
have never criticised a member of the board 
of this Society nor one of its officers ex¬ 
cept. here iu this convention. I am not 
going outside. We have little family dif¬ 
ference's of opinion, and when we do I am 
not going outside, but I want to take it 
right at home, just like a man and his 
wife. We may have quarrels, but we want 
to fight them right lie re on the inside, and 
on the outside stand with a, united front. 

I want to say that I realize the views of the 
president and the necessity of his mind be¬ 
ing on the work every day and every min¬ 
ute, and I hope we will be able to keep him 
at that work, not only six days in the 
week, hut I don’t believe ho will he violat¬ 
ing the laws if he puts in even some of his 
time on Sundays, and Minnesota will do its 
share toward supporting its national presi¬ 
dent financially and otherwise for 3C5 days 
in the year, and if we cannot do it as an 
association there are individuals who will 
stand back of him and do it. 

Motion made by Mr. Emmerton that the 
convention proceed to the election of a 
vice-president. Seconded. Carried. 

Mr. Pierson, of North Dakota—In the 
selection of a vice-president it is just as 
essential that we endeavor to select a man 
fully as capable as the president, provid¬ 
ing we can find a man of that standing. 
We have been fortunate in the years past in 
that we have had a vice-president who 
could step in and fill the office in an even 
more efficient way than the president that 
resigned. I wish to have the pleasure of 
nominating Colonel Wilkinson, of Minnesota’, 
for vice-president. 

Colonel Wilkinson—T could not give the 
time. Time is one of the things I am tied 
up to. Put somebody else in and I will 
stand hack of them, but don’t put me in a 
place where I would have to disappoint the 
other fellows. I don’t feel that I would be 
doing you justice, and I wouldn’t be satis¬ 
fying myself when I couldn’t attend, and 
would not want to ho responsible for things 
unless I was right there. I will have to 
ask that the nomination be withdrawn. 

Mr. Hinton, of Kentucky—I do not know 
whether there was a second to the nomina¬ 
tion or not, but it seems we can have two 
nominees as well as one, and I would like 
1o place in nomination a gentleman from 
Wisconsin—Mr. Slaughter. 

Mr Slaughter — Now, gentlemen, some¬ 
times* T got off my feet and say things 
rather impatiently, but in cases of this kind 
I try to keep .my head. In mv business, 
on which I depend for a livelihood, it is 
often impossible for me to get away from 
home. T told you last night I ought to be 
at homo n^w. Occupying the position of 
nhvsician. T cannot always leave home. I 
hold peculiar views: let me state one of 
them : That no man has a claim to any 
office in an organization in a county. State 
or nation, but tbat every man is under 
obligation, if it is possib’e at all. to accede 
to the demands of the organisation when 



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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911 


he is drafted into service, and I would 
gladly respond lo this call if I felt that it 
was just to the organization. I don’t. 1 
am secretary of the State Board of Direc¬ 
tors of Wisconsin and find it is difficult for 
me to attend to the duties of that office*be¬ 
cause of the fact of its taking me away from 
home, and frequently the board meets in 
my home town so that 1 can be with them 
most of that time. 1 consider it a greater 
honor than to be nominated to Congress. 
1 would rather be the vice-president or any 
other officer of this organization than to be 
a member of Congress of the United States, 
and yet l must decline it, 

Mr. Hinton, of Kentucky—With due re¬ 
spect to the brother from Wisconsin, I will 
withdraw my nomination, as he expresses 
himself that it wil be impossible for him 
to accept. 

Mr. Chryst, of Wisconsin—While Wis¬ 
consin would have been only too glad to 
furnish our Union with a candidate for 
vice-president, we felt, when the nomination 
was made, we could hardly sit still and 
let it go through, and I think Mr. Slaughter 
has made it plain why he cannot serve, and 
I certainly know the excuse is a valid one. 
If there is ene thing that concerns Wis¬ 
consin more than another it is that we are 
fearful of taxing him with so much of his 
time that he cannot afford to stay with 
Wisconsin. I realize that a man foT that 
position should be a man of honor and 
calm deliberation, a man who has great in¬ 
sight in the business affairs, not only of 
the organization, but of every-day commer¬ 
cial life, and I believe there has come to 
tliis convention one who is broad enough 
to comprehend the business end of anything 
that comes to him, and it gives me pleasure 
to place in nomination as vice-president of 
this convention Mr. Wood, of Ohio, 

Seconded. 

Mr. Jones, of Indiana—I move you that 
the nominations be closed and proceed with 
the election and that the secretary cast the 
vote of the convention for Mr. Wood. 

Delegate from Kentucky — We thought 
there were two. 

Mr. Wilkinson, of Minnesota—No, there 
was no second and I withdrew. 

Motion carried. Secretary Kump casts 
the ballot for Mr. Wood, of Ohio. 

Mr. Wood—Mr. President and delegates 
of the convention, I can assure you that 1 
did not expect to carry back a big trophy 
when I left home and that I certainly 
appreciate this honor, since I have noth¬ 
ing to do during the year other than get 
out and scheme around a little, and I can 
assure you that I can give the organiza¬ 
tion the very best that is in me, and it 
won’t cost the organization one cent. 

President Sharp—It seems to me that 
as the election is taken up, we might pro¬ 
ceed without the formality of a motion and 
second every time. Now, I understand that 
the election of a board of three directors 
comes next—one for one year, one for two 
years and one for three years, is the order 
in which they are to be elected. Nomina- 
lions for dirctors are in order, gentlemen. 
Now, if you want to deliberate over this, 
deliberate as quickly as possible, so that 
we can proceed with tlie work. 

Mr. Raleigh, of Minnesota—I nominate 
Brother C. U. Pierson, of North Dakota. 

Seconded. 

Mr. Raleigh—I also place Mr. Pierson 
as a candidate for the three-year term. 

Mr. Chryst, of Wisconsin—I move you 
that the rules of the convention be sus¬ 
pended and the secretary be instructed to 
east the vote of this convention for Mr, 
Pierson for a term of three years. 

Seconded. Carried. 

Secretary Kump—The ballot is cast for 
Mr. C. U. * Pierson for a director for three 
years for this Society. 

President Sharp—I declare Mr. Pierson 
duly elected a member of the National Board 
of Directors. 

Mr. Pierson—Mr. President, and gentle¬ 
men of this convention, 1 want to assure 
you that I fully appreciate the confidence 
you have in my ability to serve as a mem¬ 
ber of the Board of Directors of the Na¬ 
tional Union, and I want further to state 
that I feel sorry that you have imposed 
this responsibility on me, for several rea¬ 
sons. In the first place, physicaly speak¬ 
ing, I am not in condition to take up so 
much responsibility. I have overtaxed my 
strength ill the work in which I am en¬ 
gaged in my home State and have been 
trying to take a lay-off for one or two years 
to recuperate. Fortunately in the last few 
months I have improved my health some¬ 
what, but I am not back in my normal 
condition, but, however, since you have 
now elected me as a member of your board 
I will assure you that in all the work I 
shall do as a member of that board it will 
be done conscientiously, with the best in¬ 
terest of the organization in my mind and 
with the promise that the business must be 
done strictly on the square. 

President Sharp—Nominations are in or¬ 
der for the second member. 

Mr. Leavitt, of Minnesota—I would like 
to place in nomination Mr. Tank, of Wis¬ 
consin, as a member of the board. 

Mr. Slaughter, of Wisconsin—Mr. Presi¬ 
dent. I want to say just two or three things. 

I didn’t nominate Mr. Tank for the simple 
reason that I did not even dare to suggest 
the man. but now that he is nominated I 
take great pleasure In seconding it. And 
there are two reasons—one is because I 
want to see demonstrated to the satisfaction 
not only of the delegates here, but to the 
whole world, that this organization is not 
going to consult with .T. A. Everitt, and 
that while Mr. Tank has very emphatic 
convictions and has a very emphatic way of 
expressing them, he does not belong to that 
conviction. Now. Mr. Tank is on the State 
Board with me and I know him. When he 
.was elected on that board be didn't know 
very much about conditions as they ex¬ 
isted in our State. He was nominated by 
those who were opposed to what we are 
pleased to call the business method of do¬ 
ing the business of the organization, and 
with the hope that he would be able to keep 


the old order in, and when he was elected 
he was opposed to those who were in tnere 
because of his misunderstanding and lack 
<f information; and when he came to State 
headquarters he was the most active acro¬ 
bat 1 have ever seen in turning a somer¬ 
sault in the position he occupies to-day, 
standing straight and firm, irrespective of 
what others may think, for what he believes 
to be right, and I guarantee when the next 
convention is held you will agree that you 
have made no mistake in electing Mr. Tank 
as a member of the board. Mr. Tank will 
have to be shown, because 1 have had to 
he showing him for a year or two. lie 
doesn’t take anything for granted, and with 
all of his German tenacity he makes some 
of us have chills up and down our backs 
in our board room. And when in the board 
room he stuffs his hands in his pockets and 
begins to walk up and down, you may rest 
assured there is something coming. 

Mr. Weber, of Nebraska—I believe it has 
not been stated whether the term was for 
one or two years. I would suggest that it 
be two years. 

A Member—That was the motion. 

Mr. Slaughter—I move that the secre¬ 
tary cast, the ballot for Mr. Tank, 

Seconded. Carried. 

Secretary Kump cast the vote for II. G. 
Tank, of Wisconsin, for two years. 

President Sharp — Nominations for the 
third member on the board are in order. 

Mr. Raleigh, of Minnesota—I would like 
to nominate Mr. llinton, of Kentucky. 

Mr. Hinton, of Kentucky—I feel that 
there are men much more competent to fill 
the place and insist that you name some 
one else. 

Mr. Slaughter, of Wisconsin—I am go¬ 
ing to hazard making a nomination from 
Kentucky without consulting him. I was 
going to nominate your present member of 
the b ard, but I am perfectly satisfied with 
Mr. Hinton. 

A Delegate from Kentucky — Kentucky 
don’t want any member on the board. This 
man you have named has a position in a 
tobacco company there, and his people would 
not give him up. 

Mr. Nelson, of North Dakota—It seems 
to me that a man interested in tobacco is 
what we want now to make the board all 
right. We have got a grain man ; now 
some one who knows something about to¬ 
bacco— a man who buys and sells or handles 
it I am mentioning this so that the con¬ 
vention can bear it in mind, so that each 
director may be a specialist, as it were, in 
his particular line. 

Mr. llinton, of Kentucky—Mr. Chairman, 
of course I will admit that some one has to 
take this position. It is their duty to. 
While I am secretary-treasurer of the To¬ 
bacco District and am busily engaged, es¬ 
pecially at this time of the year, and the 
maority of the other time of the year, as 
far as that is concerned, I do not hardly 
see how I can give this attention, hardly 
at all, and do justice to my other work. 
Take a biisv seaxou of the year and T am 
caled to a meeting of the Board of Direc¬ 
tors, 1 hardly see how I could attend the 
meetings. 1 don't know whether the people 
who have me employed would be willing to 
have me leave and be gone for two or three 
meetings and the work in the office depend¬ 
ing on whoever I could pick up, and I 
would much prefer you would put some one 
else in. As Kentucky has the president, it 
seems to me you could find a man in Wis¬ 
consin or North Dakota as a representative. 
Ohio has a representative. There is Minne¬ 
sota and Nebraska and several other States 
represented here, and it seems to me you 
could pick another man. 

Mr. Slaughter—Mr. President* it seems 
to me we must get somebody. Now. of 
course, it is a beautiful spirit to be willing 
to let everybody else have an office. We ap¬ 
preciate that spirit, but somebody must have 
them. 

Mr. Carnahan, of Wisconsin—Mr. Presi¬ 
dent, please allow me to make a nomina¬ 
tion. We have with us one who has served 
on this'Constitution and By-laws Commit¬ 
tee. an able man. and I will place in nomi¬ 
nation Mr. Louis Lockhart, of Indiana, as 
the other member of the Board of Directors. 

Seconded. 

President Sharp—How ’shall we proceed 
to take the vote? 

Mr. Jones, of Indiana—Take it by ballot. 

Mr. Nelson—I wil ask the unanimous 
consent of the body to vote by secret ballot, 
provided that it shall not be considered as 
establishing a precedent for other occasions. 

President Sharp—I hear no objection. 
We will have the ballots distributed. I 
will appoint Mr. Carnahan and Mr. Whit» 
as tellers. 

President Sharp—I will declare Mr. Lock¬ 
hart as duly elected. 

Mr. Lockhart—Mr. President and gentle¬ 
men of the convention, while I do not at 
all rejoice that the brother from Kentucky 
has been defeated. I thank you for the con¬ 
fidence vou have shown in me and for the 
honor that you have conferred upon me. 
But with all that, instantly upon the an¬ 
nouncement of this vote I felt a great re¬ 
sponsibility settle down upon my shoulders. 

1 feel that in this matter I have engaged in 
a struggle, and nothing could hurt me 
worse than, at the expiration of my time, 
to feel that I had met defeat in my efforts. 
A^ide from this there are many unpleasant 
things to be borne, although I am becoming 
somewhat of an adept in bearing burdens. 
The time has been in my life when, if a 
in'’ 11 had called me a Mar, he should cer¬ 
tainly have had to serttle, with me on the 
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rb-ht and that I have done right, mv con¬ 
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1310 than all that the world might sav 
it I knew myself I bad been wrong. I wi’I 
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as any other man if lie will—I can be 
honest. Thank you. 

President Sharp—Now. gentlemen, what 
is the further pleasure of the body? 

Mr. Slaughter—I see some forms here 
on the table which have to do with the 
subject of bonds, and the bonds have to do 
with the taking care of the liabilities of 
this Society. I call attention to that be¬ 
cause it seems to me that this is the time 
we ought to do something if we are going 
to do it at all. I am glad taht I can go 
hack to Wisconsin and labor without ques¬ 
tion as to the result and as to the final out¬ 
come, because when we come together next 
year we shall not have the weight of debt 
on the membership as we have this year. 
I am glad that there hasn’t been a particle 
of jar here this morning, but we are a 
unit. 

Dr. Davis—I want to say right here that 
you people here assembled hold the destiny 
of this organization in your hands, and 
what you do determines whether we shall 
sink or swim. This morning’s transaction 
is satisfactory to me if you will carry out 
the rest so that we can go on in harmony. 
I believe it is wise to have a new board 
elected. When people become distrustful 
of the head of the organization it is in 
peril. No matter what has been said and 
d ne. it sholud not be heralded to the world. 
Keep this family circle in tact, and I feel 
free to say here that the old board are all 
wishing for the good of the Society. But 
don’t go away until you can carry out the 
things you have been doing this morning. 

After some further deliberation on the 
bonding proposition, the convention ad¬ 
journed until 1 o’clock p. m. 

AFTERNOON SESSION. 

—Friday, Nov. IS, 1010.— 

Convention called to orer by the presi¬ 
dent, who asked: “What is there in the 
way of business?’’ 

Mr. Chryst—I would like to ask what 
progress has been made on the subscrip¬ 
tions to the bonds? 

Mr. Wood—Mr. Kump has that. 

Mr. Wilkinson—Before leaving I want 
to say this : There is now some .$800 
subscribed. If I can be assured by letter 
to-morrow or next day. or within two or 
three days or a week, that there is $1,500, 
I will undertake to raise some more on 
these bonds, so as to get this undar way 
right off. If we can say to our people that 
this convention has raised $ 1,500 here, 
then we can go to work and get the other, 
and I am willing to do that. I am satis¬ 
fied that I can get a few more of these 
bonds, and so, gentlemen, I will have to 
say good afternoon and hope you will solve 
the problem. 

After a general discussion on how to 
raise the money that it was thought neces¬ 
sary to raise in order to save directors 
from having to pay large sums for the So¬ 
ciety out of their own pockpts, as well as 
to provide a working fund for the proper 
development of the Society and successfully 
combat the tendency to lower prices on 
products, the Convention adjourned sine die. 


A HUNTING TRIP. 

(Continued from Page 12.) 

a guide who was acquainted with the 
lay of the land. I spied Jens David¬ 
son and promptly told him to lay aside 
all his other work and forget every¬ 
thing else but the National Union, the 
bonds and who could buy them, for 
three or four days. 

A program was mapped out that 
provided for a visit to the following 
local unions: Avalanche, Neury, Tim¬ 
ber Cooley and Coon Valley. We ar¬ 
ranged to attend meetings at the two 
first tnd the last place in the evening 
and spend forenoons in West by, meet¬ 
ing Equity members as they came to 
town with milk, live stock and on 
other occasions. At all of the places 
that w r e visited, considering the short 
notice we had for the meetings, nice 
crowds turned out with good results, 
except at Coon Valley, where on ac¬ 
count of weddings, and parties pre¬ 
viously arranged for at the same time, 
it was necessary to arrange for a 
meeting at a later date. This Mr. 
Davidson promised to attend in be¬ 
half of the National Union. 

The most characteristic of these 
meetings was at Timber Cooley, where 
an old vacated log house is being used 
as a meeting place for the local union. 
At this point every person in the build¬ 
ing was a Norwegian. A number of 
them had heard me boast that Icould 
talk Norwegian as w r ell as anybody 
and they called the bluff, so National 
Union bonds were bought and sold in 
the Norwegian language here. 

A great many of the people in this 
valley came originally from a valley 
in Norway known as Guldbrandsdalen. 
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readers in other sections of the coun¬ 
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might find among these people rela¬ 
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all to come out in front of the house 
(Concluded on Page 18.) 



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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911, 


THE FIELD. 

(Continued From Page 7.) 

and he must be tuaght to treat him 
as his enemy and publish the matter 
to his fellows. In fact, to boycott 
every mail claiming to be a friend of 
both laborer and capitalist. 

If we allow capital to control the 
government, national and local, we 
may cry and grovel in the dirt for 
eternity and accomplish nothing. Let 
the workers co-operate to control the 
government, from the school district 
to the national, in all its branches and 
then there will be results. Rules and 
regulations must govern this united 
body of workers so that the first in¬ 
dication that an important man sells 
out to capital he will be kicked out 
and advertised as traitor to his class 
and a despised man ever after and let 
him know that it will mark his fam¬ 
ily for the sin he has committed. Cap¬ 
italism treats all men this way that it 
can not bribe or use, but it thinks it 
a horrible thing on the part of the 
workers to hold a grudge against 
those traitors to workers. 

Until this “class consciousness” is 
developed among the people it will be 
impossible to dispense with capital¬ 
ism and our children must remain in 
bondage for years to come. Be pre¬ 
pared to teach the children in every 
school district that can be controlled 
by the workers, how the book trust is 
robbing them; how the express com¬ 
pany is making fortunes out of noth¬ 
ing; how the railroads rob the people 
and make it impossible to get the 
economical exchange of products be¬ 
tween localities; the excessive profits 
of the middle men or commission men. 

A few years of such training will 
develop men and women who will 
wipe out the whole infernal system of 
robbery, and be an infinite improve¬ 
ment over the present capitalistic 
teaching in the public schools. Teach 
the people that every worker is a 
friend and every capitalist an enemy 
to society and the only reason work¬ 
ers fight among themselves is because 
of the devices of capitalism for the 
purpose of robbing the working class 
with the greater ease. 

We have genuine friends of the 
workers in the legislatures of Wiscon¬ 
sin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. 
They have introduced amendments to 
the constitutions allowing the state to 


A HUNTING TRIP. 

(Concluded from Page 17.) 

and have their pictures taken. The 
photograph is reproduced in this issue 
of the Co-operators’ Guide. 

Meeting with great success in the 
sale of bonds, the members of the 
Forward Local Union at Westby be¬ 
came so enthusiastic that they de¬ 
cided to tackle the challenge of the 
Cook Valley Union. Jens. Davidson 
offered the rest of x the boys that if 
they would raise the subscription for 
bonds toNjjfce sum equal to the Cook 
Valley, he would take another bond 
just to go Cook Valley and Old Uncle 
Tom one better. 

Among the hustlers that got busy on 
this proposition were H. E. Hoilien, 
president of the local union; L. E. 
Lee, manager of their shipping asso¬ 
ciation, which is very successful. They 
have shipped sixty-five carloads of 
live stock, bought three carloads of 
hay. Other heavyweights on the bond 
proposition were H. Brendum, Osten 
Bulland and Von Ruden, the Dutch¬ 
man who speaks Norweyian as well 
as any of the Vikings. 

By the time the writer left Westby 
the Forward Local Union had yone 
Cook Valley better to the tune of four 
bonds, or $100, so now the Westby 
fellows have handed the Cook Valley 
fellows a knockout blow. They in¬ 
dicate that they are ready to keep 
the championship. What local union 
will knock out Westby? 

Thus endeth the third hunting trip 
for patriots. See the list of bonds 
taken and the takers for the results. 
President Sharpe sold some of the 
bonds in this list and three local un¬ 
ions sent their bond subscriptions di¬ 
rect. Keep the Bond Ball rolling. 


own terminal elevators, cold storage 
houses, coal docks, etc. If the farm¬ 
er organizations would make a call 
for these things they could easily get 
them. Capitalism can not then wreck 
them so easily as the stock companies. 

I see by the papers that 200 home¬ 
steaders have just been robbed of 
their homes by the Northern Pacific 
Railroad. In every court the farmers 
won till it got to the United States Su¬ 
preme Court and as a natural conse¬ 
quence the final test results in favor 
of “Big Business.” If the farmers 
were “class conscious” they would 
let out a warning cry that would shake 
the foundation of that old Supreme 
Court and the capitalistic government 
because of this. Taft would soon have 
another Warren case on his hands. It 
is no credit to the editors of farm 


papers that the farmers are not edu¬ 
cated to this method of protecting 
each other from the common enemy. 

I hope to see you advocate real co¬ 
operation. Very truly, 

C. W. McDADE. 


Editor of Co-Operators’ Guide: 

1 wish to express my satisfaction in 
handling the clover seed in this com¬ 
munity and shipping it to different 
members of the American Society of 
Equity. 

1. havt let the local members hera 
set the price of their seed and then 
bought and shipped the seed, and by 
the returns I got I see that the profit 
was divided about equally, which was 
about $1.40 to $1.50 per bushel. That 
is why our local members got more 
per bushel here than our dealers would 


have paid them, and about the same 
amount that the buyers on the other 
end got it cheaper by buying it 
through the American Society of 
Equity instead of their dealers. 

But, in order to make it easier for 
me to buy the seed and be sure not to 
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By this I mean to have them send in 
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Alectride wheels are so much harder than the hardest steel 
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Alectride WILL NOT 

draw the Temper From Steel 

Alectride wheels will positively not draw the temper of 
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does not heat the article which is being ground as does 
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quickly— so quickly tliesteel does not have time to 1 eat. 

^HARMAN SUPPLY CO. 

I Dept. 4399,160 Harrison St., Chicago 

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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911 


PAGE 19 


buy as much as I needed to fill the 
orders. 

I shall describe the position I was in 
this year when the clover seed was 
thrashed. I had no orders, the seed 
had a good price and the local dealers 
bought the nicest seed Just as quick 
as it was thrashed. I had to let it 
go, as the price was high and the mem¬ 
bers anxious to sell for fear it might 
go down, so by the time I got the or¬ 
ders the nicest seed was gone, while 
the price was still high, for our local 
dealers were working against me. 
This is why 1 wish the members to 
give me their orders early, so that I 
also can get the seed when thrashed 
and can get it then at a lower price 
than later and much better seed than 
if I have to wait till I get the orders 
and buy the seed that was left by the 
dealers, as I will not buy a bushel 
of seed on my risk. I buy only as 
much seed as ordered. Then I send 
the seed to the consumer at the very 
price I buy it and charge my commis¬ 
sion, which is 25c per hundred pounds 
for buying and handling the seed— 
that is, deliver it to the shipping sta¬ 
tions from which parties wish to have 
it shipped. I am connected with three 
lines—Northwestern, St. Paul and Soo 
Line. I have to go seven miles to 
the Northwestern, three miles to the 
St. Paul, and to the Soo Line six 
mile haul. , 

And now, as I have explained how I 
handle the seed, 1 think it is the only 
way for true co-operation between 
farmers themselves. If one man was 
to buy up a whole lot of seed to spec¬ 
ulate, even if he did do a straight 
business for a while, later on he would 
try to get more than his share. He 
has too much of a chance to graft. 
By my plan of co-operation it would 
be easy to keep a statistic of how 
much seed is here and how much 
seed is needed, so that if there is 
a surplus it can be divided evenly 
among the producers instead of a few 
members not being able to sell. 

So wishing that some of the mem¬ 
bers may state their ideas about this 
way of co-operating, I remain 
Fraternally, 

H. WIEDMEYER. 


A Schooner of Potatoes. 

George A. Marsh of Wisconsin is 
one of the loyal Equity men who does 
not make as much noise as he renders 
service. Through the arrangement of 
the American Society of Equity with 
the Coyne Brothers, Chicago, Ill., for 
handling produce for members of the 
American Society of Equity, the com¬ 
mission on this shipment alone, due 
the American Society of Equity, was 
$48.00, and that is loyalty that counts. 

If everybody who ships potatoes to 
Chicago, or whose potatoes are ship¬ 
ped to Chicago, would see that they 
went to Coyne Brothers, and that 
Coyne Brothers were informed that 
they were potatoes from the A. S. of 
E. members, it would not take long 
to wipe out some of the old indebted¬ 
ness. Get some union labels and use 
them when shipping. 

Following this same line of opera¬ 
tion the grain growers in the North¬ 
west through the terminal elevator 
agency will render material financial 
assistance within a year, if they carry 
out the plan of by-laws that were in¬ 
cluded in the informal report of the 
Committee on By-laws at the stock¬ 
holders’ meeting in Fargo this winter. 

Likewise we have the Tobacco 
Growers’ Department modeled some¬ 
what after the same plan. 


“Directors of the International Har¬ 
vester Company are scheduled to 
meet next Monday to ratify the pay¬ 
ment of the third installment of 1 per 
cent on the common stock. What ac¬ 
tion the directors will take in the mat¬ 
ter of an extra dividend is unknown. 

“Earnings are heavy and for the 
first six months this year were at the 
rate of $90,000,000 a year. On this 
basis they should show a balance ap¬ 
plicable to common dividends of $11,- 
800,000, which is equal to nearly 15 
per cent on the $80,000,000 of that 
class of stock. After the payment of 
$3,200,000 as a 4 per cent dividend on 
the common there would then remain 


a surplus of $8,600,000 for the year. 
Adding the previous surplus of $7,384,- 
729 would give the company a total 
surplus at the close of Dec. 31 next, 
of nearly $16,000,000. 


* RURAL LEADERS NO. 2. 


George Durgy. 

He inherited a farm of worthless 
land in an exhausted community. 
He converted the land out of nothing 
to a fair valuation. He brought twen¬ 
ty new families into the community, 
with profit to all his neighbors, and 
a future for his children. And then 
at fifty he died of a disease which 
spread from the neglect and unclean¬ 
ness of one of his neighbors. But 
his work for the community was too 
solid and lasting to be disturbed by 
his death. 

When he came to be an owner fif¬ 
teen years ago, land was worthless. 
It could be bought for less than the 
cost of erecting the stone fences on 
it, or for less than the cost of the 
labor required to erect the buildings 
on it. The community was exhausted, 
for there were no leaders. The pub¬ 
lic school had “sent away” all the 
leading sons and daughters of the 
farmers, by teaching them nothing 
about farming and everything about 
trading. They had to go to town, to 
use the only schooling they had. He 
had himself, in his own house, four 
old persons, whose years of feeble¬ 
ness he and his noble wife must faith¬ 
fully tend. Yet he faced the ex- 


the needed vitality, till he fell, never 
to rise again. Without him the com¬ 
munity he recreated has no leader. 

George Durgy was a working farm- 
haustion of resources and supplied 


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Howell Co.. Mo. 


ONE THOUSAND 40 m 

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Almost Given Away 

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You have a great advantage in buying an irrigated farm 
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PAGE 20 


CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911, 



MaivWatvted> 


To introduce and tell Shores’ Family and Vet- 
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ulator. Dip, Lice Killer, Fly Chaser, etc. Steady, 
good-paying job, vith large growing Company. & 

You Can Make $100 a Month | 

Some of our salesmen make more. Our big line of ^ 
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trade, quick We must have one energetic, honest 
man in your county. If you are a hustler, between^ 

21 and 50 years old, and can furnish horse or 
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Dept. N. TRIPOLI, lA.v 



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and, In fact, everything In the printing line, 
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THE CLIPPER 

There are three things that 
destroy our law ns: 
Dandelions, Buck Plan¬ 
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In one season the 
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will drive them all out. 
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Our New Fall and Winter Catalogue 
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receipt of 10c. 

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write, tolling what you want and our Infor¬ 
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BOX N. FORTVILLE. IND. 


er. He knew the secret lore of the 
old-fashioned farmer—the meaning of 
the skies and the message of wind 
and cloud. He harvested his fields 
and the rain did not spoil his crops. 
He acted swiftly, with intensity, and 
with rare management, so that noth¬ 
ing was wasted, nothing neglected. 

He knew how to cancel the dis¬ 
tances of the country, which shut 
some farmer s in like a prison. Al¬ 
ways keeping a fast horse, he was 
not afraid to drive, yet his horses 
were not overdone. He wanted to 
have an auto, and would have had 
one if death had not been swifter 
than he. But he had a leadership 
over others in his ability to cancel 
the distances of the country. 

Pie was a Christian man, and a 
worker, but would never be an offi¬ 
cer. In the wornout church of the 
neighborhood he took the needed ini¬ 
tiative, and let others have the au¬ 
thority. He hated to be thought pious 
and felt that his possession of a fast 
horse, which he often entei'ed at the 
county fair, would disqualify him 
from prominence in the church. So 
he kept the horse, stood behind the 
church in it s real needs, and refused 
all official place. He had more inter¬ 
est in seeing the minister paid what 
was due him, than in bossing the 
minister or the people. 

After all, he was just the country 
gentleman. He was a man with re¬ 
sponsibilities. He carried the whole 
community on his shoulders, and did 
his best to banish idleness, waste and 
deviltry. And yet he fell a victim 
to a disease which was bred in the 
home of a neighbor who alone resist¬ 
ed his efforts. 

The neighborhood had passed 
meantime to a position well known. 
The values of land had been multi¬ 
plied by two to five times. New peo¬ 
ple had refreshed the old society, and 
brought with them some new money 
and much new life. Young people 
were again seen on all the roads, and 
people desired to enter the commun¬ 
ity, instead of desiring to get out of 
it. Several new houses had been 
built, one by a skilled physician. Bet¬ 
ter road s were made every year. The 
promise is made of consolidation of 
the schools. The future of the com¬ 
munity seems assured. 

The man who planned it all had a 
heart for the sports of the young peo¬ 
ple, but he saw only one year of their 
enjoyment of the lake he made for 
them out of a weedy marsh. He wel¬ 
comed the better prices of land, but 
others will reap the prices. We who 
knew his desires for the community 
realize that he wore out his life for 
the social and economic gains which 
would have been impossible without 
his leadership. 


The Arab and His Donkey. 

An Arab came to the river side, 

With a donkey bearing an obelisk. 
But he would not try to ford the tide, 
For he had too good an *, 


Don’t marry an automobile wife on 
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This Beautiful Spoon is given Free to 
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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911. 


PAGE 21 


RECIPROCITY PROPOSITION 
UNJUST. 

There is some agitation to get 
cheaper wheat by taking off the tariff 
and admitting the wheat free from 
Canada. It will probably make some 
difference, 1 to 12 cents on the bushel 
in the price, as the tariff is practically 
taken off now by the draw-back plan 
—in this way, that as soon as the 
wheat in the United States gets above 
export level the millers, by putting 
their name on a piece of paper, or 
bond, as it is called, promise to return 
that wheat ground into fluor (minus 
bran and shorts) some time in the 
future when they get good and ready. 
Another proof that we are not so very 
far out of the export level is that Du¬ 
luth is doing a good deal of export 
business and they are sometimes 
above Minneapolis prices for wheat, 
but there is another side to this. If 
reciprocity goes through as proposed, 
the wheat price can not raise above 
export level, bcause if it does the 
market will be flooded with Canadian 
wheat, Which in turn will depress the 
United States wheat market and will 
add so much to our own surplus of 
wheat for export. In that way the 
reciprocity will not do the wheat rais¬ 
ers of the United States any good. 
As to the flour and bread being 
cheaper. They will not be cheaper 
as long as the world's wheat prices 
are at the present level. Our present 
administrators, who seem to blame 
the farmers for the high cost of living 
and want to take off all the tariff 
(which there are ways around) from 
all farm products. They, about a year 
ago, contrary to the wish of the peo¬ 
ple, helped to revise the tariff (which 
there is no way around) upwards on 
everything that the farmers and la¬ 
borers of this country had to buy. 
They saw by the way the last election 
turned out that they must have been 
wrong and losing out. They are now 
going to try to get into favor with 
both the organized laborers and the 
privileged corporations by promising 
the laborers cheaper living, giving 
railroads more hauling, the millers 
more wheat to grind, the farm-machin¬ 
ery manufacturers easier access to 
the Canadian farmers. But will it do 
all this? It cannot. The price on 
wheat will have to be kept on an ex¬ 
portable level because we canot pay 
high prices for Canadian wheat and 
export it at a lower price, so we have 
to keep the wheat price even with 
Canada as long as we are exporting 
wheat, or for the next twenty-five 
years at least. There will not be so 
very much Canadian wheat coming 
to the United States. Hence railroads 
will not have much more wheat to 
haul, millers will not have so very 
much more wheat to grind, and how 
can they? We are exporting millions 
of bushels of wheat from the United 
States every year. If the mills are so 
hard up for wheat to grind why do 
they not grind some of this? I repeat 
the flour and bread will not be any 
cheaper because the tariff will not be 
taken off flour, and even if the mills 
get the wheat a little cheaper they 
will not sell the flour any cheaper. 

The duty is not going to be taken 
off finished lumber; only rough lum¬ 
ber. What do the consumers gain 
by that? They have not any plan¬ 
ing mill and matcher, so it will be 
giving the lumber barons more rope. 
The tariff will not be removed from 
finished meats, so no reason for the 
price to go down. It will give the 
Beef Trust a better chance to make 
more money by buying cheaper and 
still get the same price for the meat 
as now. All the farm machine manu¬ 
facturers will perhaps gain some by 
the reduction in Canadian tariff. 
What will the newspapers do with free 
wood pulpt If the duty is re¬ 
moved from wheat and other farm 
produce, it is sacrificing the rights of 
the United States farmers and farm 
laborers as a class, and which must 
come under class legislation, and class 
legislation in North Dakota, at least, 
is unconstitutional. And this sacrifice 
will not benefit anybody much, ex¬ 
cept, to a certain extent, railroads 
and millers, which are not at present 




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Catalog shows all styles of pleas¬ 
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May we send yon large catalog? 

Elkhart Carriage & Harness Mfg. Co., 

Elkhart, Indiana 


losing any money on farm products. 
Also other manufacturers which at 
present are not losing any money un¬ 
der the high protective tariff. The 
reciprocity is going to benefit the 
western Canadian farmers some in 
what they buy, but not much in wheat 
or other farm products which they sell, 
because the United States is an ex¬ 
porting and not an importing nation 
of wheat and other farm produce. If 
we are going to have free trade on 
what we have to sell, let us also have 
free trade on what we will have to 
buy. A more satisfactory arrange¬ 
ment all around would be to cut the 
tariff one-half on everything, both on 
farm produce and manufactured prod¬ 
uce, not only with Canada, but the 
whole world. This would not have 
any opposition either from the farmers 


or the organized laborers. We farm¬ 
ers have not before this had any say 
as to what we shall receive for our 
produce, the wheat price being based 
on the world’s market, the cattle and 
hog market regulated by the Beef 
Trust; so where do the farmers come 
in for the responsibility of the high 
cost of living? As a good deal of our 
wheat is sold by, and to a certain ex¬ 
tent, put a price upon by export com¬ 
mission merchants and by the board 
of trade before we even have com¬ 
menced to seed it, and tell us we have 
to compete with foreign countries 
with their cheap labor, and once more, 
where do the farmers come in for the 
blame? 1 will, however, submit some 
figures on what it costs in capital and 
labor, to produce one bushel of wheat 
here in eastern North Dakota. These 


figures will not be padded and there 
is no watered stock in them. There 
have been so many kinds of figures and 
guesses as to the cost. The Socialists 
have figured it takes two hours of 
labor to produce one bushel of wheat; 
some have got the cost of production 
as high as 40 cents per bushel. If I 
am not mistaken, the ten-year aver¬ 
age yield per acre for North Dakota 
is twelve bushels to the acre, which 


I WANT TO BUY 


Direct from owner, a 
farm, large or small, 
la aay State or County 1 want to know of 
ranches, raw land, city and business proper¬ 
ty for sale. 1 will consider investments In 
patents, mining or other stocks or bonds. I 
will make loans and form stock companies. 
If you have something to sell In any State 
or county, write me at once, inclosing 10c 
for reply. Send full description, price, map 
or illustrations if possible. Address Melvin 
C Churchill. Houston, Tex. 



If You Can Think of a Fairer Proposition 

Write and Tell ME, 
and 1 Will Put It in My 
Next Advertisement 


$25 to $40 Saved On a Manure Spreader 




WM. GALLOWAY, President 

The Wm. Galloway Company 200SGalloway Sta., Waterloo, Iowa 


I F you answer this advertisement and get my SPECIAL 
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on a MANURE SPREADER. 

I want to make a bid for your order. To do business with 
you, I know that I have to go high on quality in the Spreader, 
and low on my price. That’s because I am 
selling my machines by mail. If I charged 
anywhere near as high prices for my Spreaders 
as local implement dealers charge, I wouldn’t 
be able to do any business, because it’s natural 
that people want to trade near home, providing 
they do not lose money. 

But the question ot quality and price is just 
where I come in. I make the highest quality 
Standard Manure Spreaders on the market, in 
several sizes. I prove this quality claim by 
♦hipping my machines direct to farmers any¬ 
where on from 30 to 365 days’ free trial. I 
make the prices low. Of course, I have to 
make them low to do the immense amount of 
business I do in my way, but that is not the 
only reason why I can make such low prices. 

One reason is because I manufacture such a 
vast number of spreaders, more than any one 

other manufacturer of my kind in the world. An¬ 
ther reason is that I have a large factory, and it 
is equipped with the latest improved, 
expensive, automatic machinery. 

Possibly I could charge yon $15 or $20 more 


than I will charge you, and still get your order. But that’s 
not ray way of doing business. I haven’t built up the largest 
Spreader business in the world on that plan. I simply have 
ray expert figurers give me the actual cost on Spreaders in 
twenty, thirty or forty thousand lots, then I add a small 
manufacturing profit to each spreader and let 
it go at that. 

Why not sit down and answer this adver¬ 
tisement and let me make you a proposition. 
My Spreader Book, Special Proposition, and 
Special Price will make you do some tall think¬ 
ing, no matter where you buy. 

If you feel that you cannot spare the money 
for a spreader this year, I’ll send you the 
Spreader and wait for my money, any reason¬ 
able length of time for any responsible farmer. 
Pay me after my Spreader has paid for itself 
to you several times over in actual work. 

That sounds rather fair, don’t you think? I allow 
30 to 365 days’ free trial, give a binding guarantee in 
writing, any reference as to responsibility that you can 
possibly ask tor, sell for cash or on time to suit your 
convenience, and guarantee to refund every cent of 
your money including freight, if your Spreader is not all 
that I claim it to be and more. I can t think of any 
fairer proposition. If you can think ot one that’s more 
fair, write and tell me what it is and I’ll put it in my next advertisement. 

It will take you about two minutes to write a postal card, say: “Gal¬ 
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books, printed matter and full particulars, together with special 
proposition and special prices.” 

Why not get such a postal card in the next mail or send coupon below? 
Address: 


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PAGE 22 


CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911. 


basis I will use. 1 will use the Min¬ 
nesota experiment station figures — 
four horse-power hours, which are 7% 
cents, which includes feed, care and 
depreciation. 1 will figure G per cent, 
interest on all investments, and what 
has been going wages for labor 

and 50 cents per day for board 
and room, a price which you cannot 
live very high on at present prices of 
living. For one modern, up-to-date 

grain drill we have to pay $125; will 
seed 300 acres for eight years, or 2,400 
acres. Disc and drag will cost $G0 

and will last eight years. An eight- 
foot cut-grain'binder, bought at trust 
prices, will cost $150 and will last 

about six years, cutting 200 acres each 
year, or 1,200 acres altogether. One 
up-to-date gang plow costs $75 and 
will last eight years, plowing 200 acres 
each year, or will plow 1,600 acres, 


with 50 cents for lays sharpened every 
thirty acres. Threshing will be fig¬ 
ured per bushel, the common thresher 
prices, the thresher furnishing every¬ 
thing. Here in eastern North Dakota 
the average price per acre of land is 
$G5. The taxes for 1G0 acres, with 
road tax included, will average about 
$35, or 22 cents per acre. 


Taxes per acre.$0.22 $0.01.8 

Labor plowing per acre. 1.10.4 .09.2 

Depreciation of plow, 
sharpening of plow 

lays, and interest.08.G .00.7 

Seed wheat cleaned. 1.50 .12.5 

Labor, seeding, discing 

and dragging. 29.4 .04.9 

Depreciation drill and 

drags, and interest.12 - .01 

Labor, cutt’g and bind’g. .33.G .02.9 

Depreciation and inter¬ 
est on binder.18 .01.5 


Labor, shocking.25 .02.1 

Twine ..24 .2 

Threshing . 1.44 .12 

Hauling wheat from ma¬ 
chine to bin.12 .01 

Interest on land. 3.90 .32.5 

Oil and grease, wear on 
wagons and deprecia¬ 
tion on granary. ..12 .01 

Labor, hauling to market 
Labor, hauling to market .... .03.3 

Labor, picking and kill¬ 
ing weeds .. .38.4 .03.2 


Totals.$10.57.4 $0.91.5 

This shows what the wheat costs 


the farmers delivered to the local ele¬ 
vator at twelve bushels to the acre 
—91 V 2 cents per bushel. It also shows 
that the wheat is not at present too 
high priced, as it adds 10 cents to the 
bushel by the time it gets to the ter¬ 


minals for freight commission and 
handling. It takes approximately the 
same work and expense to raise a 
small crop as it does to raise a large 
one, except the threshing and hauling 
to market, because it is not so many 
bushels to thresh and haul. In 1910 
it cost about $1.G5 per bushel in the 
eastern part of the State, as the av- 
reage per acre crop is not over seven 
bushels, and in the central part a good 
deal less. Now compare this with the 
price of a grain binder, which does not 
cost the manufacturers over $G0 on 
board cars at* Chicago. Which do you 
tnink the tariff should be removed 
frotnf The farmers of the wheat-rais¬ 
ing States, by all means, and the farm¬ 
ers all over the United States in gen¬ 
eral, should oppose this reciprocity 
with the free wheat and free agricul¬ 
ture or fram produce clause in it, as 
it will do them no earthly good and 
may do some damage. To take 
whatever protection there may be 
from the farmers as a class, would 
be to' sacrifice one class for an¬ 
other. The millers got the draw¬ 
back plan on us some five years 
ago; now somebody is trying to get 
the protection on all farm produce off. 
What will be the next sacrifice they 
will want from the farmers in this free 
country, where everybody is equal and 
which is ruled by the people, of the 
people, for the peqple. We farmers 
are not against reciprocity with Can¬ 
ada; far from it. We will extend a 
glad hand to our brother farmers over 
the line. Only we demand a square 
deal. If we are to have free wheat 
and other farm produce, give us also 
free flour, free coal, free iron, free 
dressed lumber, free steel, free glass, 
free leather and all manufactured 
products, including farm machinery 
and everything else. If there is only 
some reduction in the duties of 25, 
50, 75 or 90 per cent, on flour, dressed 
lumber, coal, iron, steel, glass, leather 
and all manufactured articles, includ¬ 
ing farm machinery, reduce the duty 
accordingly on wheat and all farm 
produce. This will have no opposition 
from anybody and will be a square 
deal to everybody. It will also elim¬ 
inate class legislation, which we should 
avoid under all circumstances. It is 
good advice not to play with fire. 
There is a howl in the Northwest 
Miller for free wheat, which is not 
worth answering. The writer either 
does not know what he is writing 
about or else the Northwest Miller 
does not have a very good opinion 
of its readers. Our United States Sec¬ 
retary of Agriculture is making us 
farmers think we are getting justice 
by giving us figures so large that we 
cannot comprehend them and which 
smack of watered stock, but which I 
am sorry to say does not pay us any 
dividends. I will just touch on the 
boys-on-the-farnr problem, which seems 
to absorb everybody’s attention. As 
long as the wages are higher, working 
hours shorter and capital invested 
gives more per cent, per dollar in¬ 
vested in some other business or vo¬ 
cation than farming the tendency will 
be from the farm to the city, and will 
stay that way in spite of all that is 
said and written until things are re¬ 
versed. I saw J. J. Hill’s statement 
on reciprocity in the Minneapolis Trib¬ 
une, in which he says those opposing 
the measure are grossly ignorant. He 
must remember that we were not 
along with him when he was down 
East this winter, and then he could 
have used that space in the paper to 
a good deal better advantage by ex¬ 
plaining in which way it would benefit 
the Great Northern railroad, rather 
than naming those that do not think 
and believe the same as he does scien¬ 
tific names. 

HENRY STROM, 

N. D. 


Excited Excursionist (in a great 
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Station Agent (calmly)—“That de¬ 
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CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911. 


P AJa E 23 


FARMERS EXCHANGE I 

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(Classified Column.) 

Advertisements will be accepted for this 
column from paid subscribers to the E. F. 
J. at the low rate of one cent per word, 
provided that no order will be accepted for 
less than two insertions and a total of not 
less than 50 cents. Cash in full must posi¬ 
tively accompany all orders. Open to non¬ 
subscribers at 3 cents per word for two in¬ 
sertions ot same copy ; 10 cents per word for 
each additional insertion. 


POULTRY. 

FOR SALE—Indian Runner ducks, Fawn 
Runners, White Runners. Prize winners. 
Outlay hens, eye-opener circulars. New T eU’s 
farm Nine, Girard, Ill. Jesse N. Newell, 
Diawer 418, Girard, Ill. 


FOR SALE—Silver-laced Wynadottes, thor¬ 
oughbred, wide-open laced, big utility 
birds, bred for business ; tested fertile eggs 
lor hatching—15, $1.50 ; 30, $2.75 ; 45, $4 ; 
100, $8. Satisfaction guaranteed. Anthony 
Elm, Lansford, N. D. 


FOR SALE—“Russell's” Single-Comb Leg¬ 
horns. None better in the United States. 
Stock for sale. Eggs in season. Fine cata¬ 
logue free. t\ H. Russell, Box 31, Wake- 
man, O. 


FOR SALE—Grade mixed brown and white 
Leghorn eggs, 75c per dozen. Peter Nye, 
Ilubertus, Wis. 


FOR SALE—Single-comb White, Brown, Buff 
and Black Leghorn hatching eggs. First- 
class farm-raised stock. Moderate prices. 
Baby chicks. May delivery. Paul Bechtner, 
Waukesha, Wis. 


BOWEL TROUBLE and Roup in chicks. 

Will send cure postpaid for 50c. Satis¬ 
faction guaranteed. Mrs. D. C. Johnson, 
Maxwell, la. 


' REAL ESTATE. 

FOR SALE—A great bargain, 200 acres 
with log buildings, 30 acres under plow, 
balance plow land, timber and meadow; 
only iy± mile from school, church, 
store, cream station and blacksimth shop. 
Price, only $15 per acre. Favorable terms. 
Address Murray, Wadena, Minn. 


FARMS FOR SALE—Richest corn farm, 
150 bushels per acre guaranteed. For 
particulars write 7V, Sullivan, Ind. 


WANTED—Good farm from owner only. 

Want possession now or next spring. 
State particulars. Boerse, Box 754, Chicago. 


FOR SALE—OYER 70 IMPROVED FARMS. 

I own and control in Barron, St. Croix 
and Polk counties 40 to 240; also about 
20,000 acres timber and cut-over lands. 
Write at once for list of descriptions and 
prices. You can select your farm and loca¬ 
tion. Terms easy. Time and amount of 
payment to suit. L, Rivard, Turtle Lake, 
Wis. 


FOR SALE—200 acres citrus fruit land In 
the Gulf Coast country of Texas. Will 
soli all or part. Have also 320 acres in 
Mountrail county. North Dakota. Why not 
buy direct from owner and save agent’s 
commission. Write for prices and terms 
and any other information desired. George 
Sorkness (owner), Winnie, Tex. 


MISCELLANEOUS. 

WANTED—Corn, oats and hay in carload 
lots; also clover and timothy seed and 
seed corn. Send samples of seeds with 
prices. C. E. McGuire, Stillwater, Minn. 


FOR SALE—Latest threshing machine cyl¬ 
inder wrench. Send for circular. Shook 
& Witz Manufacturing Co., Waterloo, la. 


FOR SALE—Jack Pine Windbreaks are very 
successful, quick-growing and cheap. Es¬ 
pecially adapted to sandy land. Jack Pine 
Nursery, Care Kimberly, L. N., Kimberly, 
Minn. 


WANTED—A man or woman to act as our 
Information reporter. All or spare time. 
No experience necessary; $50 to $300 per 
month. Nothing to sell. Send stamp for 
particulars. SALES ASSOCIATION, 650 
Association Building, Indianapolis, Ind* 

FOR SALE—Double standard Polled Dur- 
hams, choice herd headers and farmers’ 
bulls. Also cows and heifers. See or 
write F. Bunker, Delton, Wis. 


FOR SALE—Two thousand bushels choice 
Blue Stem seed wheat. David Nimock, 
Argusville, N. D. 


FOR SALE—Best late potatoes I ever plant¬ 
ed, $1.50 per bag f. o. b. Ilubertus, Wis. 
Bags free. Peter Nye, Ilubertus, Wis. 


PflPMQ Send 10 cents ('coin) for painless corn re- 
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Send me the names and address of 10 
heads of families and I will send you free 1 

SILVEROID TEA SPOON 

G. W, MAYBERRY, : Newberry, Ind. 



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Many Styles. Sold on trial at 
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Box 305 Muncie, Indiana. 



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DO YOU WANT TO BUY? l 

ranch, raw land, city or business property, 
patents, buy mining or other stock, or bonds, 
make loans, borrow money, buy an automo¬ 
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of any kind, anywhere, in any State or coun¬ 
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A Gre at B argain 
Arkansas Fr uit and Stock Farm 

160 acres, 70 acres in cultivation, 40 
acres fine pasture, balance of land fine 
oak timber. One six room house with two 
halls and gallery, one 3 room house, two 
hen houses, good granery, smoke house, 
seed house, cow shed, a shop house, two 
good barns, 300 bearing fruit trees and 
vineyard, only half mile to s:hool and 
church, free fnail delivery and telephone, 
fine water and in a very healthy locality 
joining inexhaustible free range. This 
farm would make one of the finest fruit 
and stock farms in Arkansas. Price only 
$1,000 on easy terms. Title perfect. I 
have other bargains. Write or call at once. 

JOHN D. BAKER 
Waldron, Scott Co., Arkansas. 


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While the Board of Directors of the 
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question of supporting a campaign to 
boost winter wheat prices in Ne¬ 
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affected the press tickers, because on 
the day following, the price went up 
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safe bet that the price of winter wheat 
will see some high points before the 
next crop comes on the market. The 
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under similar conditions as they did 
in 1909 when the American Society 
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exceeding estimates. Write today. 

Gordon-Van Tine Co. , . . Mw L . 

2534 Case St., Davenport, Iowa s-lwm Stucco House. $7,019 


Lumber and Millwork for this 
5=Room Bungalow, $946 


TO THE LOCAL SECRETARIES AND MEMBERS 


OF 


THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EQUITY 

We are the authorized selling agents in the Chicago 
market for your members. Appointed by your NATIONAL 
OFFICERS, October 4th, 1909, since which time we have 
handled many THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS of FARM PRO= 
DUCTS for your members and all satisfactorily accounted 
for. And everybody satisfied. We are working hard for 
your interest but we want your support and encouragement 
by giving us as liberal shipments as possible. We want 
shipments of 

BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY, VEAL, PEAS, 

BEANS, WOOL, HIDES, HONEY, STRAW, 

HAY, AND ETC. We make a specialty of 

Potatoes in Car Lots. 

Give us the business and we will give you the results 
you are looking for. Write us for prices, prospects, or any 
information wanted. 

Coyne Brothers 

161 SOUTH WATER STREET 


Representing 

American Society of Equity 


CHICAGO 


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PAGE 24 


CO-OPERATORS’ GUIDE. MARCH, 1911, 



N. M. RUTHSTEIN 
The Steel Shoe Man 
Racine, Wis. 


Read What Steel 
Shoe Users Say- 

Two Out of Thousands 

Dear Sir:—I liavc worn a pair of 
your steel shoes three winters, this 
is the fourth. I have worn them 
hard and have been, very rough 
with them. I'm perfectly satisfied 
with them. They surely do all you 
say they will. They are a great 
comfort. I was afraid they'd not 
fit when I sent for them, but I had 
no trouble. I wear No. 8 and had 
plenty of room in them. I have a 
high instep and thought I would 
have trouble as I generally do with 
all leather shoes, but not so, I had 
all the room I wanted. I stood out 
in the timber cutting wood the cold¬ 
est days and never suffered at all. 
You will find Sli.OO for another pair 
of C in. steel shoes No. 8. I’ve talked 
for them everywhere I went and 
think you'll get other orders 
from here. II. L. KOLB, 

. P. O. Temple, Indiana. 




Dear Sirs:— Pleased find enclosed 
52.75, for one pair No. 6 steel shoes 
and one box rivets. Ship by express. 

I bought a pairof No. 7 steel shoes 
of you three years ago. I am well 
pleased with them. They have just 
given out after three years wear. 

HENRY WOHLIVENI), 
Knoxville, Tenn. 


—Your Very Life Depends 

U PON the care and protection you give your feet. Wet, clammy feet cause 
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Colds, and Pneumonia. My Steel 
Shoes prevent these ills—keep the feet dry, comfortable, healthy— 
twelve months in the year. The greatest shoe eyer invented for any man 
who works outside. I want you to have a pair. If in a hurry, you Can Order 
Right From This Advertisement —without risks—without waits—on mv special 
Free Examination Plan, explained below. For the sake of your health and 
the comfort of your feet—and to save money— 

You Must Wear “Steel Shoes” 


1 am the Steel Shoe Man. I invented and introduced 
them to the farmers and out-of-door workers everywhere. 
I have already sold Steel Shoes to over 500,000 satisfied 
wearers—men and boys who can now work anywhere, at 
any time, in perfect health and comfoit—their feet “dry 
as powder”—always rested and supported. 

I expect to sell Steel Shoes to as many more in 1911. 
Because wherever I sell one pair, on an absolute average, 
I sell three more. S eel shoes advertise and sell them¬ 
selves. That’s why 1 can afford to make this liberal Free 
Examination Offer—and give you the privilege of putting 
your feet into them, right at home -and examining tneir 
splendid construction. You will vow you never before 
experienced such shoe comfort. Steel Shoes require no 
breaking in—your foot “takes to” them instantly. The 
uppers are made of extra-strong, extra pliable leather— 
specially waterproof—never get stiff or hard—or let the 
dampness in. 

The soles fairly invite the feet with their delightful, 
sanitary Hair Cushion lining—but, of course, the great big 
feature of Steel Shoes is their wonderful Steel Soles. Sol *s 


and sides are of one piece of this light, springy, wear- 
forever steel The soles are protected from wear by Ad¬ 
justable Steel Rivets which give a firm footing. Rivets 
can easily be replaced by you when partly worn off. Fifty 
extra rivets cost only 3J cents arid will keep your shoes in 
good repair for at least two years. 

Leather shoes always break down in the arch causing 
tlie insteps to break also, and the result is known as Flat- 
foot—the most intolerable, uncomfortable, incurable 
disease that can happen to the laboring man’s feet. If it 
hasn't happened to you don’t run the chance of it another 
week. Get rav Steel -Shoes noiv. If it has happened my 
Steel Shoes will prove a double blessing to you. 

With a pair of Steel Shoes it is impossible to run a 
rusty nail into your foot as frequently happens with rubber 
boots which oftentimes results in lockjaw—it’s impossible 
to slip or slide or fall in them. No ground is stony enough 
to injure Steel Shoes or bruise your feet. The heaviest, 
sharpest snags can’t peuetrate that specially hardened steel. 

Steel shoes will easily outwear three to six pairs of the 
best all-leather shoes ever made. They will positively 


Save You Over $10 Every Year 


And, remember, that with all this enormous saving, 
you are getting the easiest, strongest, most healthful, and 
most serviceable all-the-year-around shoe you ever wore. 
A shoe so easyou the feet that it absolutely does away with 
Corns, Bunions, Callouses and Blisters—prevents tender 
feet. These matters of health protection and sound feet 
are too vital for you to neglect one moment. Today—to¬ 
morrow—the simple wetting of your feet may result in a 
cold that will endanger your iife. 

Don’t wait. Remember, you can order Steel Shoes 
direct from this advertisement—with every privilege of 
Free Examination—and your money back instantly if their 
quality don’t convince you. Write for my Free Book, 
‘‘The Sole of Steel.” . Mailed on request. 



Steel Shoes for Men and Boys in sizes 

5 to 12—6,9,12 and 16 inches high 

Steel Shoes 6 in. high, $2.50 

Steel Shoes 6 in. high, better grade of leather, $3.0C 

Steel Shoes 6 in. high, extra grade leather, black or tan color, $3.50 

Steel Shoes 9 in. high, $4.00 per pair 

Steel Shoes 9 in. high, extra grade leather, black or tan color, $5.00 

Steel Shoes 12 in. high, extra grade leather, black or tan color, $6.00 

Steel Shoes 16 in. high, extra grade leather, black or tan color, $7.00 

Boys* Steel Shoes—Sizes 1 to 5 

6 in. high Boys* Steel Shoes, $2.50 

9 in. high Boys* Steel Shoes, )»lack or tan, $3.50 

In ordering give correct size. Boys* Steel Shoes will pleas, -h j boy 
and save you money and worry! 


We strongly recommend the 6 in. high Steel Shoes at $3.50 and the 9 in. high Steel Shoes at $5.00 per pair as they 
give the best possible satisfaction. For all classes of use requiring high-cut shoes our 12 or 16 in. Steel Shoes are abso¬ 
lutely indispensable. Don’t wait a single moment. Ask your banker—your Express Agent—if this is not the offer of a 
responsible firm. Besides, you know that the editor of this paper would not run my advertising if I did not treat their 
readers square and if my shoes were not all I claim. Why take 
the risk of delay—when you’ve only to fill out the Free Examina¬ 
tion Coupon herewith? Don’t suffer another day the tortures of 
warped, misshapen leather shoes. Don’t run the health risks. 

Mail the coupon. Right away today. There is too much at 
stake to allow for delay. You take no risk—nothing to lose 
—everything to gain—your money back if you say so. 

Address me personally. And I’ll see that your order is 
filled and shipped right—the day I get it. Write 


N. M. RUTHSTEIN, Secretary and Treasurer 

Steel Shoe Co. 

156 Seventh Street 
Racine, Wis. 


Write for 
Free Book 


Canadian Factory — 
Toronto, Canada 

Great Britain Factory 
Northampton, England 


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I enclose. . 

in payment for. pair 

Name. 

Town.State... 

County.R. F. D 


.tor S. 

Steel Shoes, size. 


FREE Examination Blank 

This is Not An Order Unless You’re Satisfied to 
Keep the Shoes after the Free Examination 

S T EEL SHOE CO., 156 Seventh St., Racine, Wis. 


Oentlemcn—I am sending: for a pair of Steel Shoes on 
Free ICxamination, with the understanding that I may try 
them on and walk around the house in them and with the 
further understanding that if they fail to satisfy me imme¬ 
diately I can simply notify you to send tor them at your 
expense and you will refund my money at once. 


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